Ramphocelus flammigerus
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The flame-rumped tanager (Ramphocelus flammigerus) is a passerine bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found from Panama to Peru. Its two subspecies have at times been treated as full species. The flame-rumped tanager was formally described in 1833 by the English naturalists William Jardine and Prideaux John Selby based on a specimen collected on "some part of the district upon the Columbia River". They assigned the binomial name Ramphopis flamigerus, whose specific epithet is a misspelling of the Latin word flammigerus meaning "flame-bearing" or "fiery". It is now one of eight species in the genus Ramphocelus that was introduced in 1805 by the French zoologist Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest.
BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World lumped the two taxa in 2024. The Clements... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Utría National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | San Lorenzo Protected Forest | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 6 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 8 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 9 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 10 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aviario Nacional de Colombia | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Dallas World Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Flame-rumped Tanager sighting in Medellín on a given day, based on 147 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 94th most-seen of the 244 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, May and September–October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Flame-rumped Tanager in Medellín on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, June–August and November–January, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Flame-rumped 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 2 cities where we can rate Flame-rumped Tanager sightings, Medellín has the highest daily chance: under 5%. Next come Cali (Colombia, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Flame-rumped Tanager is recorded against all the birds logged in Medellín (147 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.
