Stilpnia heinei
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The black-capped tanager (Stilpnia heinei) is one of the many species of Neotropical bird in the family Thraupidae. It lives in the mountains of Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela year-round. This bird can often be found in open landscapes, alone or in pairs, hiding under branches of trees and bushes. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.
The black-capped tanager was described in 1851, from a type specimen collected in Colombia. It is a member of the genus Stilpnia in the tanager family Thraupidae. In Spanish, it is locally called "Tangara gorrinegra" or "Tangara coroninegra". The black-capped tanager is a songbird (Passeriformes). The tanagers are a very diverse group with over 300 species that account for more than 10% of all birds in the Neotropics. The genus name Stilpnia was proposed in 2016 instead of Tangara for T. heinei in order to match the phylogenetic relationships among tanagers. This was based on DNA analysis done in the tanager family. This bird is most closely related to the straw-backed tanager (Stilpnia argyrofenges) from which it diverged during the late Pleistocene... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 4 | Chingaza National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-capped Tanager sighting in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park on a given day, based on 348 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 120th most-seen of the 542 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and April
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black-capped Tanager in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park on a given day, against under 5% in July and November, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-capped 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 4 parks where we can rate Black-capped Tanager sightings, Farallones de Cali National Natural Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Los Nevados National Natural Park (Colombia, about 10%) and Henri Pittier National Park (Venezuela, under 5%).
Same genus: Stilpnia
The closest relatives of the Black-capped Tanager that you can see in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park (genus Stilpnia, Stilpnia Tanagers) are Scrub Tanager (about 40%), Golden-hooded Tanager (about 20%) and Blue-necked Tanager (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-capped Tanager is recorded against all the birds logged in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park (348 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.
