Iridosornis porphyrocephalus
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The purplish-mantled tanager (Iridosornis porphyrocephalus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.
It is threatened by habitat loss. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Purplish-mantled Tanager sighting in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park on a given day, based on 168 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 197th 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 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–April, September and November–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Purplish-mantled Tanager in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, May–August and October, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Purplish-mantled 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.
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 Purplish-mantled Tanager sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Purplish-mantled Tanager is recorded against all the birds logged in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park (168 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.
