Loriotus cristatus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The flame-crested tanager (Loriotus cristatus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in every mainland South American country except Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the flame-crested tanager in the supplement to his Ornithologie based on a specimen collected in Cayenne, which was the contemporary name for French Guiana. He used the French name Le tangara noir hupé de Cayenne and the Latin name Tangara cayanensis nigra cristata. Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognized by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. When in 1766 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the twelfth edition he added 240 species that had been previously described by Brisson in his Ornithologie. One of these was the flame-crested tanager. Linnaeus included a terse description, coined the binomial name Tanagra cristata, and cited Brisson's work.
The flame-crested tanager's further taxonomy is complicated. In 1869, August von Pelzeln assigned... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 5 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 6 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 8 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 9 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 11 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 12 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Santos | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | João Pessoa | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Niterói | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Flame-crested Tanager sighting in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 154th most-seen of the 221 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Flame-crested Tanager in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–March, August and October–December, the lowest months. That is one of Brownsberg Nature Park's wettest months, with about 300 mm of rain against 55 mm in October. May to July have too few records to rate.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Flame-crested 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.
5th of 12
Of the 12 parks where we can rate Flame-crested Tanager sightings, Brownsberg Nature Park ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (Brazil, about 40%), Tijuca National Park (Brazil, about 10%) and Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, about 10%).
Same family: Thraupidae
The closest relatives of the Flame-crested Tanager that you can see in Brownsberg Nature Park (family Thraupidae, Tanagers and Allies) are Purple Honeycreeper (about 70%), Red-legged Honeycreeper (about 70%) and Green Honeycreeper (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Flame-crested Tanager is recorded against all the birds logged in Brownsberg Nature Park (15 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.
