Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinàlids)
- GenusPiranga (Piranga Tanagers)
- SpeciesPiranga rubra (Summer Tanager)
The summer tanager (Piranga rubra) is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family (Thraupidae), it and other members of its genus are now classified in the cardinal family (Cardinalidae). The species's plumage and vocalizations are similar to other members of the cardinal family. Wikipedia →
20–30% of wildlife watchers report a Summer Tanager sighting in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge, based on 250 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
Blue-black Grosbeak
Cyanocompsa cyanoides
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Carmiol's Tanager
Chlorothraupis carmioli
Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Montezuma Oropendola
Psarocolius montezuma
Lesser Greenlet
Hylophilus decurtatus
Scarlet-rumped Tanager
Ramphocelus passerinii
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
📅 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 Summer Tanager in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge?
About 23% of wildlife watchers report a Summer Tanager sighting in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge, based on 250 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Summer Tanager in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge?
October has the highest sighting rate for Summer Tanager in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge in our monthly data.