Lanio versicolor
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The white-winged shrike-tanager (Lanio versicolor) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru. The white-winged shrike-tanager was formally described in 1837 with the binomial Tachyphonus versicolor. It was eventually reassigned to its current genus Lanio that had been erected in 1816. Late in the twentieth century it and the fulvous shrike-tanager (L. fulvus) were treated as a superspecies but twenty-first century studies refuted that treatment.
The white-winged shrike-tanager is 13 to 15 cm (5.1 to 5.9 in) long and weighs about 17 g (0.60 oz). It has a shrike-like "toothed" bill with a hooked end. The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males of the nominate subspecies have a mostly black head with an olive forecrown. Their body is mostly ochraceous yellow with darker mottling on the rump, breast, and throat. Their wings are black with much white on the upperwing coverts and their tail is black. Adult females are mostly... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 2 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a White-winged Shrike-Tanager sighting in Manu National Park on a given day, based on 183 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 297th most-seen of the 641 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, May–August and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-winged Shrike-Tanager in Manu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–April, September and November–December, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-winged Shrike-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.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate White-winged Shrike-Tanager sightings, Manu 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 White-winged Shrike-Tanager that you can see in Manu National Park (family Thraupidae, Tanagers and Allies) are Silver-beaked Tanager (about 50%), Blue-gray Tanager (about 40%) and Red-capped Cardinal (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-winged Shrike-Tanager is recorded against all the birds logged in Manu National Park (183 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.
