Silver-throated Tanager
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Silver-throated Tanager

Tangara icterocephala

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Tortuguero National Park
1 Verified records at Tortuguero National Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The silver-throated tanager (Tangara icterocephala) is a species of passerine bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, and northeastern Peru. It inhabits mossy forests, montane forests, tropical lowland evergreen forests and forest edges, along with tall secondary forests and disturbed habitat with remnant trees and forest. It is 13 centimetres (5.1 in) long and weighs 22 grams (0.78 oz) on average, and shows slight sexual dimorphism, with duller female plumage. Adult males are mainly bright yellow, with a silvery-white throat bordered above with a black stripe on the cheeks, black streaking on the back, and green edges to the wings and tail. Juveniles are duller and greener. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Tortuguero National Park

Plain-colored Tanager
LC

Plain-colored Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tangara inornata

<5% · Rare
Blue-gray Tanager

Blue-gray Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Thraupis episcopus

40–50% · Likely
Variable Seedeater
LC

Variable Seedeater

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sporophila corvina

30–40% · Possible
Palm Tanager

Palm Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Thraupis palmarum

20–30% · Possible
Scarlet-rumped Tanager
LC

Scarlet-rumped Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Ramphocelus passerinii

10–20% · With luck
Golden-hooded Tanager

Golden-hooded Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Stilpnia larvata

10–20% · With luck
Buff-throated Saltator
LC

Buff-throated Saltator

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Saltator maximus

10–20% · With luck
Thick-billed Seed-Finch
LC

Thick-billed Seed-Finch

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sporophila funerea

5–10% · With luck
Yellow-winged Tanager

Yellow-winged Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Thraupis abbas

Insufficient data
Bananaquit
LC Endemic

Bananaquit

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Coereba flaveola

<5% · Rare
Cinnamon-bellied Saltator
LC

Cinnamon-bellied Saltator

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Saltator grandis

<5% · Rare
Blue-black Grassquit
LC

Blue-black Grassquit

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Volatinia jacarina

<5% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Silver-throated Tanager at Tortuguero National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ 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 Chirripó National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
60–70%
2 Los Quetzales National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
40–50%
3 Volcán Barú National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
30–40%
4 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
30–40%
5 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
20–30%
6 Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
20–30%
7 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
20–30%
8 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
20–30%
9 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
10–20%
10 Tenorio Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
5–10%
11 Poás Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
12 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
13 Chagres National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
14 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
15 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data
16 Rincón de la Vieja National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
17 Irazú Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
18 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
19 Marino Ballena National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
20 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
21 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
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