Tangara chilensis
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The paradise tanager (Tangara chilensis) is a brilliantly multicolored, medium-sized songbird whose length varies between 13.5 and 15 cm (5.3 to 6"). It has a light green head, sky blue underparts and black upper body plumage.The vivid colours of the paradise tanager have been linked to underlying achromatic feather layers (black or white) that enhance the brilliance of structural colours. Depending on subspecies, the behind is yellow and red or all red. The beak is black and the legs are grey. It is native to the Amazon rainforest.
Found in humid tropical and subtropical forests in the western and northern Amazon Basin in South America, the species can be found in Venezuela, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia and Brazil. Despite its scientific name, it is not found in Chile.
Paradise Tanager videos on The Internet Bird Collection + The Macaulay Library BirdLife Species Factsheet Photo-Medium Res[link removed]; Article borderland-tours Stamps (for Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname) Paradise Tanager photo gallery Archived 2017-01-18 at the Wayback Machine VIREO Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 5 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 6 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 8 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Basel Zoo | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | |
| 3 | California Academy of Sciences | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | North Carolina Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Nuremberg Zoo | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 6 | Tiergarten Am Tiergarten 28 in Nürnberg | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 7 | Memphis Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Eindhoven Zoo | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 9 | Ralph Perkins II Wildlife Center and Woods Garden | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Dallas World Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 11 | National Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 12 | Key West Butterfly and Nature Conservatory | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 13 | Tiergarten Am Tiergarten 12 in Nürnberg | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 14 | Tiergarten Am Tiergarten 14 in Nürnberg | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 15 | Tiergarten Am Tiergarten 6 in Nürnberg | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 16 | Butterfly World | 🇺🇸 United States |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Paradise Tanager sighting in Manu National Park on a given day, based on 734 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 83rd most-seen of the 641 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, May–September and November–January
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Paradise Tanager in Manu National Park on a given day, against about 10% in February, April and October, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Paradise Tanager sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 8
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Paradise Tanager sightings, Manu National Park ranks 4th at about 20%. The best odds are in Podocarpus National Park (Ecuador, about 30%), Sierra de la Macarena National Park (Colombia, about 30%) and Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, about 20%).
Same genus: Tangara
The closest relatives of the Paradise Tanager that you can see in Manu National Park (genus Tangara, Tangara Tanagers) are Turquoise Tanager (about 20%) and Green-and-gold Tanager (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Paradise Tanager is recorded against all the birds logged in Manu National Park (734 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.
