Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
- GenusThraupis (Typical Tanagers)
- SpeciesThraupis palmarum (Palm Tanager)
The palm tanager (Thraupis palmarum) is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder from Nicaragua south to Bolivia, Paraguay, and southern Brazil. It also breeds on Trinidad and, since 1962, on Tobago. In Trinidad and Tobago, it is known by colloquial names such as the "palmiste," on American Spanish countries (Colombian pron: "pūlmist"), Brazil Pipira-verde (Portuguese pron: "pəəpəərā-værd"), and the "green jean" in American English. Wikipedia →
5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Palm Tanager sighting in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, based on 159 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas
Sayaca Tanager
Thraupis sayaca
Yellow-billed Cardinal
Paroaria capitata
Silver-beaked Tanager
Ramphocelus carbo
Blue-gray Saltator
Saltator coerulescens
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
Rusty-collared Seedeater
Sporophila collaris
Chestnut-vented Conebill
Conirostrum speciosum
Blue-black Grassquit
Volatinia jacarina
Saffron Finch
Sicalis flaveola
Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch
Sporophila angolensis
White-bellied Seedeater
Sporophila leucoptera
Gray-headed Tanager
Eucometis penicillata
📅 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 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas?
About 6% of wildlife watchers report a Palm Tanager sighting in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, based on 159 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Palm Tanager in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas?
May has the highest sighting rate for Palm Tanager in Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas in our monthly data.