Tachyphonus surinamus
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The fulvous-crested tanager (Tachyphonus surinamus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the fulvous-crested tanager in the supplement to his Ornithologie based on a specimen collected Suriname. He used the French name Le merle de Surinam and the Latin name Merula surinamensis. 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 fulvous-crested tanager. Linnaeus included a terse description, coined the binomial name Turdus surinamus, and cited Brisson's work.
The IOC, AviList, the Clements taxonomy, and the South American Classification Committee assign the species to the genus Tachyphonus that was introduced by the French ornithologist... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 2 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 5 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Fulvous-crested Tanager sighting in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, based on 80 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 65th most-seen of the 221 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Fulvous-crested Tanager in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, against about 10% in February, April and November, the lowest months. 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 Fulvous-crested Tanager sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Fulvous-crested Tanager sightings, Brownsberg Nature Park has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Sierra de la Macarena National Park (Colombia, about 20%) and Amacayacu National Natural Park (Colombia, under 5%).
Same family: Thraupidae
The closest relatives of the Fulvous-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 Fulvous-crested Tanager is recorded against all the birds logged in Brownsberg Nature Park (80 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.
