Dubusia taeniata
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The buff-banded mountain tanager (Dubusia taeniata), formerly known as the buff-breasted mountain tanager, is a species of Neotropical bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
The buff-banded mountain tanager was formally described in 1840 by the French ornithologist Auguste Boissonneau from a specimen collected near Bogotá in Colombia. He coined the binomial name Tanagra taeniata. The specific epithet is the Latin word for a "head-band". This species is now placed in the genus Dubusia that was introduced in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte.
The streak-crowned mountain tanager and Carriker's mountain tanager were previously treated as subspecies of the buff-banded mountain tanager. They are currently recognized as separate species. Before the split the buff-banded mountain tanager was known as the buff-breasted mountain tanager.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chingaza National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Buff-breasted Mountain-Tanager sighting in Los Nevados National Natural Park on a given day, based on 343 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 129th most-seen of the 424 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, May–June, August–September and November–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Buff-breasted Mountain-Tanager in Los Nevados National Natural Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, March–April, July and October, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Buff-breasted Mountain-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.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Buff-breasted Mountain-Tanager sightings, Los Nevados National Natural Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Chingaza National Natural Park (Colombia, about 20%) and Podocarpus National Park (Ecuador, about 10%).
Same family: Thraupidae
The closest relatives of the Buff-breasted Mountain-Tanager that you can see in Los Nevados National Natural Park (family Thraupidae, Tanagers and Allies) are Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager (about 50%), Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager (about 50%) and Plumbeous Sierra-Finch (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Buff-breasted Mountain-Tanager is recorded against all the birds logged in Los Nevados National Natural Park (343 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.
