Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
- GenusCoereba (Bananaquits)
- SpeciesCoereba flaveola (Bananaquit)
Closest Relatives at Tortuguero National Park
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Variable Seedeater
Sporophila corvina
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
Scarlet-rumped Tanager
Ramphocelus passerinii
Golden-hooded Tanager
Stilpnia larvata
Buff-throated Saltator
Saltator maximus
Thick-billed Seed-Finch
Sporophila funerea
Yellow-winged Tanager
Thraupis abbas
Cinnamon-bellied Saltator
Saltator grandis
Blue-black Grassquit
Volatinia jacarina
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes cyaneus
Shining Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes lucidus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Bananaquit in Tortuguero National Park?
About 4% of visitor-days record a Bananaquit sighting in Tortuguero National Park, based on 125 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Bananaquit in Tortuguero National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Bananaquit in Tortuguero National Park in our monthly data.