Thraupis palmarum
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The palm tanager (Thraupis palmarum) is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder from Nicaragua south to Bolivia, Paraguay, and southern Brazil. It also breeds on Trinidad and, since 1962, on Tobago. In Trinidad and Tobago, it is known by colloquial names such as the "palmiste," on American Spanish countries (Colombian pron: "pūlmist"), Brazil Pipira-verde (Portuguese pron: "pəəpəərā-værd"), and the "green jean" in American English.
Adult palm tanagers are 19 cm (7.5 in) long and weigh 36 g (1.3 oz). They are grey to dull olive-green. The flight feathers are blackish, and the long tail is blackish edged with green. A yellow wingbar shows in flight. Sexes are similar, although females may be somewhat paler.
It occurs in semi-open areas including cultivation and gardens. The bulky cup nest is built in a tree, usually a palm, or under the eaves of a house, and the female incubates three, sometimes two, brown-blotched cream eggs for 14 days, with another 17 days to fledging.
Palm tanagers are social, restless but unwary birds which eat a wide variety of small fruit. They also regularly take some nectar, flower... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niterói | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Maceió | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Belém | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Santos | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | João Pessoa | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Natal | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Recife | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Paz Waterfall Gardens | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Mangal das Garças | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Palm Tanager sighting in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, based on 395 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 11th most-seen of the 336 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Palm Tanager in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, against about 50% in February–March and November–December, the lowest months. That is one of Serra dos Órgãos National Park's wettest months, with about 260 mm of rain against 50 mm in July.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Palm Tanager sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 59
Of the 59 parks where we can rate Palm Tanager sightings, Serra dos Órgãos National Park ranks 3rd at about 60%. The best odds are in Tijuca National Park (Brazil, about 80%) and Chagres National Park (Panama, about 60%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Thraupis
The closest relatives of the Palm Tanager that you can see in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (genus Thraupis, Typical Tanagers) are Golden-chevroned Tanager (about 70%), Sayaca Tanager (about 60%) and Azure-shouldered Tanager (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Palm Tanager is recorded against all the birds logged in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (395 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.
