Gilt-edged Tanager

Gilt-edged Tanager

Tangara cyanoventris

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR Endemic
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Serra dos Órgãos National Park

In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%

6 Verified sightings at Serra dos Órgãos National Park From 2019 to 2026
692 In all 4 parks
May Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Gilt-edged Tanager

The gilt-edged tanager (Tangara cyanoventris) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:37

Brazil · 2026

© JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA · XC1150899 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:40

Brazil · 2025

© Ricardo José Mitidieri · XC1009667 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Alarm call1:12

Brazil · 2020

© Ciro Albano · XC576954 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Chapada Diamantina National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~30%
2 Itatiaia National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
3 Serra da Canastra National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
4 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Belo Horizonte 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Gilt-edged Tanager in Serra dos Órgãos National Park?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Gilt-edged Tanager sighting in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 321st most-seen of the 336 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Gilt-edged Tanager in Serra dos Órgãos National Park?

May

In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Gilt-edged Tanager in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June to April, the lowest months. That is one of Serra dos Órgãos National Park's driest months, with about 95 mm of rain against 310 mm in November.

What time of day is best to see a Gilt-edged Tanager?

Between 9 am and noon

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gilt-edged 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.

Which relatives of the Gilt-edged Tanager live in Serra dos Órgãos National Park?

Same genus: Tangara

The closest relatives of the Gilt-edged Tanager that you can see in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (genus Tangara, Tangara Tanagers) are Green-headed Tanager (about 60%), Red-necked Tanager (about 40%) and Brassy-breasted Tanager (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Gilt-edged Tanager sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Gilt-edged Tanager is recorded against all the birds logged in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (6 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.

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