Glistening-green Tanager

Glistening-green Tanager

Chlorochrysa phoenicotis

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

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Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely
at Farallones de Cali National Natural Park

In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%

1,763 Verified sightings at Farallones de Cali National Natural Park From 2019 to 2026
1,763 In 1 park
November Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Glistening-green Tanager

The glistening-green tanager (Chlorochrysa phoenicotis) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Males are almost entirely bright glistening emerald green, with small gray patches behind and below the eye with another on the shoulders. Females are slightly duller than males. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:19

Colombia · 2017

© Ross Gallardy · XC354219 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Begging call0:26

Ecuador · 2006

© Olaf Jahn · XC262553 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song1:30

Colombia · 2014

© Oscar Humberto Marín Gómez · XC241537 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~50%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Glistening-green Tanager in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park?

Likely

About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Glistening-green Tanager sighting in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park on a given day, based on 1,763 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 31st most-seen of the 542 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Glistening-green Tanager in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park?

November

In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Glistening-green Tanager in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park on a given day, against about 30% in October, the lowest month.

What time of day is best to see a Glistening-green Tanager?

Between 7 and 10 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Glistening-green 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.

Where else can you see a Glistening-green Tanager?

Only Farallones de Cali National Natural Park, in our data

Farallones de Cali National Natural Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Glistening-green Tanager sightings: about 50% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Glistening-green Tanager sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Glistening-green Tanager is recorded against all the birds logged in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park (1,763 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.

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