Tachyphonus surinamus
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The fulvous-crested tanager (Tachyphonus surinamus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the fulvous-crested tanager in the supplement to his Ornithologie based on a specimen collected Suriname. He used the French name Le merle de Surinam and the Latin name Merula surinamensis. Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognized by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. When in 1766 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the twelfth edition he added 240 species that had been previously described by Brisson in his Ornithologie. One of these was the fulvous-crested tanager. Linnaeus included a terse description, coined the binomial name Turdus surinamus, and cited Brisson's work.
The IOC, AviList, the Clements taxonomy, and the South American Classification Committee assign the species to the genus Tachyphonus that was introduced by the French ornithologist... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 2 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 5 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Fulvous-crested Tanager sighting in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 307th most-seen of the 328 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.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Fulvous-crested Tanager in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Fulvous-crested Tanager sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Fulvous-crested Tanager sightings, Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve ranks 5th at under 5%. The best odds are in Brownsberg Nature Park (Suriname, about 30%), Sierra de la Macarena National Park (Colombia, about 20%) and Amacayacu National Natural Park (Colombia, under 5%).
Same family: Thraupidae
The closest relatives of the Fulvous-crested Tanager that you can see in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (family Thraupidae, Tanagers and Allies) are Red-capped Cardinal (about 60%), Blue-gray Tanager (about 30%) and Palm Tanager (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Fulvous-crested Tanager is recorded against all the birds logged in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (5 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
