Trichothraupis melanops
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The black-goggled tanager (Trichothraupis melanops) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. The black-goggled tanager was formally described in 1818 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot under the binomial name Muscicapa melanops. Vieillot based his description on the Lindo pardo copete amarillo that had been described by the Spanish naturalist Félix de Azara in 1802 based on a specimen collected in Paraguay. The black-goggled tanager is now the only species in the genus Trichothraupis that was introduced by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1851. The genus name Trichothraupis combines the Ancient Greek thrix meaning "hair" with the genus name Thraupis. The specific epithet combines the Ancient Greek melas meaning "black" with ōps meaning "face". Within the Thraupidae the black-goggled tanager is a member of the subfamily Tachyphoninae and is the sister species to the grey-headed tanager (Eucometis penicillata).
The black-goggled tanager's further taxonomy is unsettled. The IOC, AviList, and the Clements taxonomy recognize two subspecies... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 2 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Santos | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Black-goggled Tanager sighting in Itatiaia National Park on a given day, based on 854 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 35th most-seen of the 352 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.
June and July
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Black-goggled Tanager in Itatiaia National Park on a given day, against about 10% in February, the lowest month. Those are among Itatiaia National Park's driest months, with about 35 mm of rain a month against 330 mm in December.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-goggled 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.
Among the best
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Black-goggled Tanager sightings, Itatiaia National Park ranks 2nd at about 40%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Amboró National Park (Bolivia, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Thraupidae
The closest relatives of the Black-goggled Tanager that you can see in Itatiaia National Park (family Thraupidae, Tanagers and Allies) are Saffron Finch (about 60%), Sayaca Tanager (about 60%) and Green-winged Saltator (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-goggled Tanager is recorded against all the birds logged in Itatiaia National Park (854 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.
