Chalcothraupis ruficervix
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The golden-naped tanager (Chalcothraupis ruficervix) is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is found in South America from Colombia to Bolivia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.
The golden-naped tanager was illustrated by the French naturalists Florent Prévost and Marc Athanase Parfait Oeillet Des Murs in 1842. They coined the binomial name Tanagra ruficervix. The type locality is Bogotá in Colombia. The specific epithet combines the Latin rufus meaning "red" and cervix meaning "nape". A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Tangara was polyphyletic and in the rearrangement to create monophyletic genera, the golden-naped tanager was moved to the resurrected genus Chalcothraupis. The genus had originally been introduced by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1851 with the golden-naped tanager as the type species. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek khalkos meaning "bronze" and thraupis, an unidentified small bird.
Six subspecies are recognised: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-naped Tanager sighting in Los Nevados National Natural Park on a given day, based on 26 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 316th most-seen of the 424 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Golden-naped Tanager in Los Nevados National Natural Park on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Golden-naped 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.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Golden-naped Tanager sightings, Los Nevados National Natural Park ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park (Colombia, about 10%).
Same family: Thraupidae
The closest relatives of the Golden-naped 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 Golden-naped Tanager is recorded against all the birds logged in Los Nevados National Natural Park (26 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.
