Black-capped Tanager

Black-capped Tanager

Stilpnia heinei

10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Puracé National Natural Park
106 Verified records at Puracé National Natural Park
December Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The black-capped tanager (Stilpnia heinei) is one of the many species of Neotropical bird in the family Thraupidae. It lives in the mountains of Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela year-round. This bird can often be found in open landscapes, alone or in pairs, hiding under branches of trees and bushes. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest. Wikipedia →

10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Black-capped Tanager sighting in Puracé National Natural Park, based on 106 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Puracé National Natural Park

Scrub Tanager
Endemic

Scrub Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Stilpnia vitriolina

30–40% · Possible
Blue-necked Tanager

Blue-necked Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Stilpnia cyanicollis

30–40% · Possible
Blue-gray Tanager

Blue-gray Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Thraupis episcopus

40–50% · Likely
Bananaquit
LC Endemic

Bananaquit

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Coereba flaveola

30–40% · Possible
Crimson-backed Tanager
LC

Crimson-backed Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Ramphocelus dimidiatus

30–40% · Possible
Palm Tanager

Palm Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Thraupis palmarum

30–40% · Possible
Yellow-faced Grassquit
LC Endemic

Yellow-faced Grassquit

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tiaris olivaceus

20–30% · Possible
Masked Flowerpiercer
LC

Masked Flowerpiercer

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Diglossa cyanea

20–30% · Possible
Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager
LC

Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Anisognathus lacrymosus

20–30% · Possible
Streaked Saltator
LC

Streaked Saltator

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Saltator striatipectus

20–30% · Possible
White-sided Flowerpiercer
LC

White-sided Flowerpiercer

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Diglossa albilatera

20–30% · Possible
White-lined Tanager
LC

White-lined Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tachyphonus rufus

20–30% · Possible

📅 Monthly Probability

10–20
Jan
10–20
Feb
5–10
Mar
5–10
Apr
5–10
May
<5
Jun
5–10
Jul
10–20
Aug
20–30
Sep
10–20
Oct
5–10
Nov
20–30
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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

# Park Country Probability
1 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
20–30%
2 Puracé National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
10–20%
3 Los Nevados National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
10–20%
4 Chingaza National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
5–10%
5 Henri Pittier National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela
<5%
6 Podocarpus National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
<5%
7 Sierra de la Macarena National Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Black-capped Tanager in Puracé National Natural Park?

About 12% of wildlife watchers report a Black-capped Tanager sighting in Puracé National Natural Park, based on 106 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Black-capped Tanager in Puracé National Natural Park?

December has the highest sighting rate for Black-capped Tanager in Puracé National Natural Park in our monthly data.

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