Plain-colored Tanager

Plain-colored Tanager

Tangara inornata

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Panama City

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%

500 Verified sightings at Panama City
9,949 In all 17 parks From 2019 to 2026
October Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Plain-colored Tanager

The plain-colored tanager (Tangara inornata) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest. Wikipedia →

Sounds

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Panama · 2015

© Peter Boesman · XC271605 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Song0:47

Panama · 2009

© Andrew Spencer · XC31907 · CC BY-NC-ND 2.5

Call0:25

Panama · 2015

© William Adsett · XC253746 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Chagres National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~60%
2 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~40%
3 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
4 San Lorenzo Protected Forest 🇵🇦 Panama
~20%
5 Parque Natural Metropolitano 🇵🇦 Panama
~20%
6 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~20%
7 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
8 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
9 Utría National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~10%
10 Cahuita National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
11 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
12 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
13 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
14 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
15 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
16 Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
17 Poás Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Panama City 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Plain-colored Tanager in Panama City?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Plain-colored Tanager sighting in Panama City on a given day, based on 500 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 82nd most-seen of the 363 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Plain-colored Tanager in Panama City?

September to July

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Plain-colored Tanager in Panama City on a given day, against under 5% in August, the lowest month.

What time of day is best to see a Plain-colored Tanager?

Between 9 am and noon

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Plain-colored Tanager sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Plain-colored Tanager?

Only Panama City, in our data

Panama City is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Plain-colored Tanager sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Plain-colored Tanager live in Panama City?

Same family: Thraupidae

The closest relatives of the Plain-colored Tanager that you can see in Panama City (family Thraupidae, Tanagers and Allies) are Blue-gray Tanager (about 60%), Palm Tanager (about 40%) and Crimson-backed Tanager (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Plain-colored Tanager sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Plain-colored Tanager is recorded against all the birds logged in Panama City (500 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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