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 Utría National Natural Park, based on 12 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Utría National Natural Park
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
Flame-rumped Tanager
Ramphocelus flammigerus
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
Scarlet-browed Tanager
Heterospingus xanthopygius
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes cyaneus
Purple Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes caeruleus
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis
Dacnis venusta
Blue Dacnis
Dacnis cayana
Crimson-backed Tanager
Ramphocelus dimidiatus
Tawny-crested Tanager
Tachyphonus delatrii
Variable Seedeater
Sporophila corvina
White-shouldered Tanager
Loriotus luctuosus
📅 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 Utría National Natural Park?
About 17% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-gray Tanager sighting in Utría National Natural Park, based on 12 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Blue-gray Tanager in Utría National Natural Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for Blue-gray Tanager in Utría National Natural Park in our monthly data.