Thraupis palmarum
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In 3 days >90%
The palm tanager (Thraupis palmarum) is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder from Nicaragua south to Bolivia, Paraguay, and southern Brazil. It also breeds on Trinidad and, since 1962, on Tobago. In Trinidad and Tobago, it is known by colloquial names such as the "palmiste," on American Spanish countries (Colombian pron: "pūlmist"), Brazil Pipira-verde (Portuguese pron: "pəəpəərā-værd"), and the "green jean" in American English.
Adult palm tanagers are 19 cm (7.5 in) long and weigh 36 g (1.3 oz). They are grey to dull olive-green. The flight feathers are blackish, and the long tail is blackish edged with green. A yellow wingbar shows in flight. Sexes are similar, although females may be somewhat paler.
It occurs in semi-open areas including cultivation and gardens. The bulky cup nest is built in a tree, usually a palm, or under the eaves of a house, and the female incubates three, sometimes two, brown-blotched cream eggs for 14 days, with another 17 days to fledging.
Palm tanagers are social, restless but unwary birds which eat a wide variety of small fruit. They also regularly take some nectar, flower... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niterói | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Maceió | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Belém | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Santos | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | João Pessoa | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Natal | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Recife | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Paz Waterfall Gardens | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Mangal das Garças | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Very likely
About 80% of wildlife watchers report a Palm Tanager sighting in Rio de Janeiro on a given day, based on 3,296 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 2nd most-seen of the 278 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December and January
In those months about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Palm Tanager in Rio de Janeiro on a given day, against about 70% in May–June and August, the lowest months. Those are among Rio de Janeiro's wettest months, with about 220 mm of rain a month against 40 mm in August.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Palm Tanager sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 30
Of the 30 cities where we can rate Palm Tanager sightings, Rio de Janeiro ranks 4th at about 80%. The best odds are in Niterói (Brazil, about 90%), Maceió (Brazil, about 90%) and Belém (Brazil, about 90%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Palm Tanager is recorded against all the birds logged in Rio de Janeiro (3,296 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.
