Flame-colored Tanager

Flame-colored Tanager

Piranga bidentata

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
Insufficient data
overall probability at Cañón del Sumidero National Park
3 Verified records at Cañón del Sumidero National Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The flame-colored tanager (Piranga bidentata), formerly known as the stripe-backed tanager, is a medium-sized American songbird in the family Cardinalidae, the cardinals or cardinal grosbeaks. It is found from Mexico throughout Central America to northern Panama and occasionally in the United States; four subspecies are recognized. The flame-colored tanager is 18 to 19 cm (7.1 to 7.5 in) long, the male having predominantly red-orange while the female is more yellowish orange. Wikipedia →

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Flame-colored Tanager at Cañón del Sumidero National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Los Quetzales National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
70–80%
2 Volcán Barú National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
40–50%
3 Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
40–50%
4 El Triunfo 🇲🇽 Mexico
30–40%
5 La Tigra National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
20–30%
6 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
20–30%
7 Poás Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
20–30%
8 Irazú Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
10–20%
9 Cumbres de Monterrey National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
10–20%
10 Chirripó National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
10–20%
11 Celaque National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
10–20%
12 Cusuco National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
5–10%
13 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
14 Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca 🇲🇽 Mexico
<5%
15 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
16 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
17 Cañón del Sumidero National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
18 Big Bend National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
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