Conothraupis speculigera
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The black-and-white tanager (Conothraupis speculigera) is a bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found primarily in Ecuador and Peru but in migration and as a vagrant has appeared in several other countries.
The black-and-white tanager was formally described in 1855 with the binomial Schistochlamys speculigera. In 1880 Philip Sclater erected its present genus Conothraupis with speculigera as the type species. It now shares the genus with the cone-billed tanager (C. mesoleuca).
The black-and-white tanager is monotypic. The black-and-white tanager is 16 to 16.5 cm (6.3 to 6.5 in) long and weighs 23 to 28 g (0.81 to 0.99 oz). The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males have a black head, throat, neck, upper breast, and back. Their lower back, rump, uppertail coverts, and tail are gray. Their upperwing coverts and flight feathers are glossy black with white on the outer webs of the latter near their base. Their lower breast and belly are white, their sides and flanks gray, and their underwing coverts white. Adult females have an olive head with a faint broken eye-ring and olive upperparts. Their wings are mostly... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Black-and-white Tanager sighting in Machalilla National Park on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 162nd most-seen of the 248 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.
April
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black-and-white Tanager in Machalilla National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May to February, the lowest months. That is one of Machalilla National Park's wettest months, with about 60 mm of rain against 5 mm in September.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-and-white 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.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Black-and-white Tanager sightings, Machalilla National Park has the highest daily chance: under 5%. Next come Tambopata National Reserve (Peru, under 5%).
Same family: Thraupidae
The closest relatives of the Black-and-white Tanager that you can see in Machalilla National Park (family Thraupidae, Tanagers and Allies) are Blue-gray Tanager (about 50%), Saffron Finch (about 40%) and Streaked Saltator (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-and-white Tanager is recorded against all the birds logged in Machalilla National Park (22 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.
