Lanio aurantius
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The black-throated shrike-tanager (Lanio aurantius) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. The black-throated shrike-tanager was formally described in 1846 with the binomial Lanio Aurantius [sic]. For a time it and the white-throated shrike-tanager (L. leucothorax) were treated as conspecific. They form a superspecies.
The black-throated shrike-tanager is monotypic. The black-throated shrike-tanager is 19 to 20 cm (7.5 to 7.9 in) long. It has a shrike-like "toothed" bill with a hooked end. The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males have a bright yellow body with a faint brownish ochre wash on the breast. Their head, nape, throat, wings, and tail are black, with white tips on the lesser wing coverts. Adult females have a gray head with an olive tinge on the crown. Their upperparts, wings, and tail are tawny-brown with a strong rufescent tinge on the rump and tail. Their throat is gray, their breast and belly yellow, and their undertail coverts ochre. Their breast, sides, and flanks have an olive wash. Both sexes have a dark brown iris and blackish... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tikal National Park | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 2 | Pico Bonito National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 4 | Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 5 | Calakmul Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 6 | Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇧🇿 Belize |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Black-throated Shrike-Tanager sighting in Pico Bonito National Park on a given day, based on 40 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 164th most-seen of the 271 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.
October
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black-throated Shrike-Tanager in Pico Bonito National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–September and November, the lowest months. That is one of Pico Bonito National Park's wettest months, with about 310 mm of rain against 80 mm in April.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-throated Shrike-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 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Black-throated Shrike-Tanager sightings, Pico Bonito National Park ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Tikal National Park (Guatemala, about 30%).
Same family: Thraupidae
The closest relatives of the Black-throated Shrike-Tanager that you can see in Pico Bonito National Park (family Thraupidae, Tanagers and Allies) are Green Honeycreeper (about 30%), Yellow-winged Tanager (about 30%) and Blue-gray Tanager (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-throated Shrike-Tanager is recorded against all the birds logged in Pico Bonito National Park (40 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.
