Gilt-edged Tanager

Gilt-edged Tanager

Tangara cyanoventris

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR Endemic
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Belo Horizonte

In 3 days ~10%

35 Verified sightings at Belo Horizonte
692 In all 4 parks From 2019 to 2026
May Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Gilt-edged Tanager

The gilt-edged tanager (Tangara cyanoventris) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:37

Brazil · 2026

© JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA · XC1150899 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:40

Brazil · 2025

© Ricardo José Mitidieri · XC1009667 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Alarm call1:12

Brazil · 2020

© Ciro Albano · XC576954 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Chapada Diamantina National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~30%
2 Itatiaia National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
3 Serra da Canastra National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
4 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Belo Horizonte 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Gilt-edged Tanager in Belo Horizonte?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Gilt-edged Tanager sighting in Belo Horizonte on a given day, based on 35 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 129th most-seen of the 220 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Gilt-edged Tanager in Belo Horizonte?

April and May

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Gilt-edged Tanager in Belo Horizonte on a given day, against under 5% in June to March, the lowest months. Those are among Belo Horizonte's driest months, with about 40 mm of rain a month against 270 mm in December.

What time of day is best to see a Gilt-edged Tanager?

Between 9 am and noon

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gilt-edged 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.

Where else can you see a Gilt-edged Tanager?

Only Belo Horizonte, in our data

Belo Horizonte is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Gilt-edged Tanager sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Gilt-edged Tanager live in Belo Horizonte?

Same family: Thraupidae

The closest relatives of the Gilt-edged Tanager that you can see in Belo Horizonte (family Thraupidae, Tanagers and Allies) are Bananaquit (about 80%), Sayaca Tanager (about 70%) and Saffron Finch (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Gilt-edged Tanager sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Gilt-edged Tanager is recorded against all the birds logged in Belo Horizonte (35 verified sightings), 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.

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