Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
- GenusThraupis (Typical Tanagers)
- SpeciesThraupis palmarum (Palm Tanager)
Closest Relatives at Tortuguero National Park
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Yellow-winged Tanager
Thraupis abbas
Variable Seedeater
Sporophila corvina
Scarlet-rumped Tanager
Ramphocelus passerinii
Golden-hooded Tanager
Stilpnia larvata
Buff-throated Saltator
Saltator maximus
Thick-billed Seed-Finch
Sporophila funerea
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
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 Palm Tanager in Tortuguero National Park?
About 24% of visitor-days record a Palm Tanager sighting in Tortuguero National Park, based on 688 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Palm Tanager in Tortuguero National Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for Palm Tanager in Tortuguero National Park in our monthly data.