White-winged Tanager
Piranga leucoptera
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinàlids)
- GenusPiranga (Piranga Tanagers)
- SpeciesPiranga leucoptera (White-winged Tanager)
The white-winged tanager (Piranga leucoptera) is a medium-sized American songbird in the family Cardinalidae, the cardinals or cardinal grosbeaks. It is found from Mexico, through Central America, across northern South America and as far south as Bolivia. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Cañón del Sumidero National Park
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Western Tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
Flame-colored Tanager
Piranga bidentata
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Varied Bunting
Passerina versicolor
Red-breasted Chat
Granatellus venustus
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Blue Bunting
Cyanocompsa parellina
Yellow Grosbeak
Pheucticus chrysopeplus
Painted Bunting
Passerina ciris
Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of White-winged 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)
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