Eucometis penicillata
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
The grey-headed tanager (Eucometis penicillata) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in Mexico, every Central American country except El Salvador, and every mainland South American country except Argentina, Chile, French Guiana, and Uruguay.
The grey-headed tanager was formally described in 1825 by the German naturalist Johann Baptist von Spix under the binomial name Tanagra penicillata. Spix did not specify a type locality but this was later designated as Fonte Boa in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. The grey-headed tanager is now the only species in the genus Eucometis that was introduced by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1856. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek eukomēs meaning "with lovely hair". The specific epithet penicillata is from the Latin diminutive of peniculus meaning "brush".
Within the Thraupidae the grey-headed tanager is a member of the subfamily Tachyphoninae and is the sister species to the black-goggled tanager (Trichothraupis melanops). The grey-headed tanager has these seven subspecies Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Managua | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | |
| 5 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 6 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schönbrunn Zoo | 🇦🇹 Austria |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-headed Tanager sighting in Campo Grande on a given day, based on 91 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 94th 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 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July–October and December–May
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-headed Tanager in Campo Grande on a given day, against under 5% in June and November, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gray-headed 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 6 cities where we can rate Gray-headed Tanager sightings, Campo Grande has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Goiânia (Brazil, under 5%) and Belo Horizonte (Brazil, under 5%).
Same family: Thraupidae
The closest relatives of the Gray-headed Tanager that you can see in Campo Grande (family Thraupidae, Tanagers and Allies) are Sayaca Tanager (about 80%), Saffron Finch (about 60%) and Bananaquit (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Gray-headed Tanager is recorded against all the birds logged in Campo Grande (91 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.
