Lanio leucothorax
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
The white-throated shrike-tanager (Lanio leucothorax) is a Near Threatened species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. The white-throated shrike-tanager was formally described in 1865 with its present binomial Lanio leucothorax. For a time it and the black-throated shrike-tanager (L. aurantius) were treated as conspecific. They form a superspecies.
The white-throated shrike-tanager has these four subspecies: It has a shrike-like "toothed" bill with a hooked end. The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males of the nominate subspecies L. l. leucothorax have rich yellow upperparts. Their head, nape, wings, and tail are black, with white on the lesser wing coverts. Their chin is black, their throat white, their breast buff-tinged white, their belly and undertail coverts bright yellow, their thighs black, and... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Marino Ballena National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-throated Shrike-Tanager sighting in Arenal Volcano National Park on a given day, based on 1,330 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 151st most-seen of the 503 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, about 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-throated Shrike-Tanager in Arenal Volcano National Park on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-throated Shrike-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.
2nd of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate White-throated Shrike-Tanager sightings, Arenal Volcano National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Corcovado National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%).
Same family: Thraupidae
The closest relatives of the White-throated Shrike-Tanager that you can see in Arenal Volcano National Park (family Thraupidae, Tanagers and Allies) are Scarlet-rumped Tanager (about 80%), Blue-gray Tanager (about 70%) and Bananaquit (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-throated Shrike-Tanager is recorded against all the birds logged in Arenal Volcano National Park (1,330 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.
