Pipraeidea melanonota
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The fawn-breasted tanager (Pipraeidea melanonota) is a species of tanager with a blue head and yellow breast. It occurs in the Andes of northwestern Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela, as well as in the highlands of northeastern Argentina, south Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
The fawn-breasted tanager was described in 1819 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot from a specimen obtained in Brazil. He coined the binomial name Tangara melanonota. The specific name melanonota is from the Ancient Greek melas "black" and nōtos "back". The current genus Pipraeidea was introduced by the English naturalist William Swainson in 1827. The name combines the genus Pipra which had been introduced by Carl Linnaeus in 1764 with the Ancient Greek eidos meaning "form" or "likeness".
Recent DNA evidence places this species as closely related probable relation to the blue-and-yellow tanager. Two subspecies are currently recognized: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 5 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 7 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 9 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 10 | Chingaza National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 11 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 12 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 13 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Quito | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Montevideo | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | |
| 6 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Bogota | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Fawn-breasted Tanager sighting in São Paulo on a given day, based on 100 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 192nd most-seen of the 353 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Fawn-breasted Tanager in São Paulo on a given day, against under 5% in July to May, the lowest months. That is one of São Paulo's driest months, with about 60 mm of rain against 230 mm in January.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Fawn-breasted 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.
Among the best
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Fawn-breasted Tanager sightings, São Paulo ranks 3rd at under 5%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Curitiba (Brazil, under 5%) and Quito (Ecuador, under 5%).
Same family: Thraupidae
The closest relatives of the Fawn-breasted Tanager that you can see in São Paulo (family Thraupidae, Tanagers and Allies) are Sayaca Tanager (about 90%), Bananaquit (about 80%) and Palm Tanager (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Fawn-breasted Tanager is recorded against all the birds logged in São Paulo (100 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.
