Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
- GenusThraupis (Typical Tanagers)
- SpeciesThraupis episcopus (Blue-gray Tanager)
The blue-gray tanager (Thraupis episcopus) is a medium-sized South American songbird of the tanager family, Thraupidae. Its range is from Mexico south to northeast Bolivia and northern Brazil, all of the Amazon Basin, except the very south. It has been introduced to Lima (Peru) and Florida (United States). On Trinidad and Tobago, this bird is called blue jean. Wikipedia →
10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-gray Tanager sighting in Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, based on 5 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
Sayaca Tanager
Thraupis sayaca
Silver-beaked Tanager
Ramphocelus carbo
Red-capped Cardinal
Paroaria gularis
Blue-black Grassquit
Volatinia jacarina
Blue-gray Saltator
Saltator coerulescens
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch
Sporophila angolensis
Blue Dacnis
Dacnis cayana
Yellow-bellied Dacnis
Dacnis flaviventer
Turquoise Tanager
Tangara mexicana
Swallow Tanager
Tersina viridis
📅 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 Blue-gray Tanager in Noel Kempff Mercado National Park?
About 17% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-gray Tanager sighting in Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, based on 5 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Blue-gray Tanager in Noel Kempff Mercado National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Blue-gray Tanager in Noel Kempff Mercado National Park in our monthly data.