Red-shouldered Tanager
Tachyphonus phoenicius
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
- GenusTachyphonus (Tachyphonus Tanagers)
- SpeciesTachyphonus phoenicius (Red-shouldered Tanager)
The red-shouldered tanager (Tachyphonus phoenicius) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Brownsberg Nature Park
Fulvous-crested Tanager
Tachyphonus surinamus
White-lined Tanager
Tachyphonus rufus
Purple Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes caeruleus
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes cyaneus
Green Honeycreeper
Chlorophanes spiza
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
Silver-beaked Tanager
Ramphocelus carbo
Blue Dacnis
Dacnis cayana
Bay-headed Tanager
Tangara gyrola
Fulvous Shrike-Tanager
Lanio fulvus
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Red-shouldered Tanager at Brownsberg Nature Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ 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
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canaima National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 2 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname |