Bangsia rothschildi
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The golden-chested tanager (Bangsia rothschildi) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Both parts of the Latin binomial honor early ornithologists. Bangsia is named for Outram Bangs, a United States zoologist and collector; the specific epithet rothschildi honors Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild of Tring who was an English ornithologist, entomologist, collector, and publisher.
Bangsia rothschildi is endemic to the northwestern South American countries of Colombia and Ecuador. The golden-chested tanager can be found in a narrow elevational band of humid and heavily forested tropical lowland evergreen forests, pre-montane forests, forest borders and edges, and pluvial foothill forests in the Lower Tropical Zone in Ecuador and Colombia. Typically the species is seen in the mid-levels and subcanopy forest strata. Additional habitats used by this species include Montane Evergreen Forest.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-chested Tanager sighting in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park on a given day, based on 122 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 235th most-seen of the 542 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-chested Tanager in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park on a given day, against under 5% in August and October–May, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Golden-chested Tanager sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
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 Golden-chested Tanager sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Thraupidae
The closest relatives of the Golden-chested Tanager that you can see in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park (family Thraupidae, Tanagers and Allies) are Flame-rumped Tanager (about 70%), Blue-gray Tanager (about 70%) and Green Honeycreeper (about 70%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Golden-chested Tanager is recorded against all the birds logged in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park (122 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.
