Gray-headed Tanager
Eucometis penicillata
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
- GenusEucometis
- SpeciesEucometis penicillata (Gray-headed Tanager)
The grey-headed tanager (Eucometis penicillata) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in Mexico, every Central American country except El Salvador, and every mainland South American country except Argentina, Chile, French Guiana, and Uruguay. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Masaya Volcano National Park
Cinnamon-bellied Saltator
Saltator grandis
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Black-headed Saltator
Saltator atriceps
Buff-throated Saltator
Saltator maximus
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
Blue-black Grassquit
Volatinia jacarina
Clay-colored Thrush
Turdus grayi
Rufous-backed Wren
Campylorhynchus capistratus
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Melodious Blackbird
Dives dives
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Scrub Euphonia
Euphonia affinis
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Gray-headed Tanager at Masaya Volcano 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