Tachyphonus phoenicius
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The red-shouldered tanager (Tachyphonus phoenicius) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. The red-shouldered tanager was formally described in 1838 with its current binomial Tachyphonus phoenicius. The binomial is derived from Greek; the genus name Tachyphonus is from the words takhus meaning fast, and phone meaning sound or voice, which translates “fast speaking”. The specific epithet phoenicius means “crimson, dark red”.
The red-shouldered tanager is monotypic. The red-shouldered tanager is about 15 cm (5.9 in) long and weighs 17 to 25 g (0.60 to 0.88 oz). The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males are mostly glossy black. They have a small seldom-visible red and white patch on the bend of the wing and marginal coverts and white underwing coverts. Adult females have a dark brownish gray crown that appears scalloped due to dark feather centers and paler edges. They have a slightly darker mask from the lores to past the eye and an otherwise dark grayish brown face. Their upperparts, wings, and... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-shouldered Tanager sighting in Sierra de la Macarena National Park on a given day, based on 50 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 180th most-seen of the 418 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red-shouldered Tanager in Sierra de la Macarena National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–April, July–October and December, the lowest months. That is one of Sierra de la Macarena National Park's driest months, with about 95 mm of rain against 430 mm in May.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-shouldered 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.
Only Sierra de la Macarena National Park, in our data
Sierra de la Macarena National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Red-shouldered Tanager sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-shouldered Tanager is recorded against all the birds logged in Sierra de la Macarena National Park (50 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.
