Plain-colored Tanager

Plain-colored Tanager

Tangara inornata

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Utría National Natural Park

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%

10 Verified sightings at Utría National Natural Park From 2019 to 2026
9,949 In all 17 parks
August Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Plain-colored Tanager

The plain-colored tanager (Tangara inornata) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:13

Panama · 2015

© Peter Boesman · XC271605 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Song0:47

Panama · 2009

© Andrew Spencer · XC31907 · CC BY-NC-ND 2.5

Call0:25

Panama · 2015

© William Adsett · XC253746 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Chagres National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~60%
2 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~40%
3 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
4 San Lorenzo Protected Forest 🇵🇦 Panama
~20%
5 Parque Natural Metropolitano 🇵🇦 Panama
~20%
6 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~20%
7 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
8 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
9 Utría National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~10%
10 Cahuita National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
11 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
12 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
13 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
14 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
15 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
16 Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
17 Poás Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Panama City 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Plain-colored Tanager in Utría National Natural Park?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Plain-colored Tanager sighting in Utría National Natural Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 108th most-seen of the 154 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Plain-colored Tanager in Utría National Natural Park?

August and November

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Plain-colored Tanager in Utría National Natural Park on a given day, against under 5% in January and September, the lowest months. April, June and December have too few records to rate.

What time of day is best to see a Plain-colored Tanager?

Between 9 am and noon

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Plain-colored Tanager sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Which relatives of the Plain-colored Tanager live in Utría National Natural Park?

Same family: Thraupidae

The closest relatives of the Plain-colored Tanager that you can see in Utría National Natural Park (family Thraupidae, Tanagers and Allies) are Flame-rumped Tanager (about 50%), Bananaquit (about 30%) and Blue-gray Tanager (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Plain-colored Tanager sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Plain-colored Tanager is recorded against all the birds logged in Utría National Natural Park (10 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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