Chlorothraupis frenata
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The yellow-lored tanager (Chlorothraupis frenata), also known as the olive tanager, is a species of bird in the cardinal family Cardinalidae that is found in South America along the eastern foothills of the Andes from southern Colombia to western Bolivia. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with Carmiol's tanager of Central America.
The yellow-lored tanager was formally described in 1907 by the German ornithologist Hans von Berlepsch from a specimen collected in the Marcapata District of eastern Peru. He considered his specimen as a subspecies of Carmiol's tanager and coined the trinomial name Chlorothraupis carmioli frenata. The epithet frenata is from Latin frenatus meaning "bridled". The yellow-lored tanager is now treated as a separate species. The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.
The yellow-lored tanager is about 17 cm (6.7 in) in overall length. The upper parts are a dull olive green and the underparts are a rather paler olive green. The throat is slightly yellower than the rest of the underparts, and is streaked in the male while being a uniform pale yellow in the female. The underparts of the female are paler than... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 2 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-lored Tanager sighting in Amboró National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 255th most-seen of the 273 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-lored Tanager in Amboró National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July–October and December–May, the lowest months. June has too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-lored Tanager sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Yellow-lored Tanager sightings, Amboró National Park has the highest daily chance: under 5%. Next come Manu National Park (Peru, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-lored Tanager is recorded against all the birds logged in Amboró National Park (5 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
