Paradise Tanager
Paradise TanagerParadise TanagerParadise TanagerParadise Tanager

Paradise Tanager

Tangara chilensis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Brownsberg Nature Park
1 Verified records at Brownsberg Nature Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The paradise tanager (Tangara chilensis) is a brilliantly multicolored, medium-sized songbird whose length varies between 13.5 and 15 cm (5.3 to 6"). It has a light green head, sky blue underparts and black upper body plumage.The vivid colours of the paradise tanager have been linked to underlying achromatic feather layers (black or white) that enhance the brilliance of structural colours. Depending on subspecies, the behind is yellow and red or all red. The beak is black and the legs are grey. It is native to the Amazon rainforest. Found in humid tropical and subtropical forests in the western and northern Amazon Basin in South America, the species can be found in Venezuela, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia and Brazil. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Brownsberg Nature Park

Bay-headed Tanager
LC

Bay-headed Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tangara gyrola

20–30% · Possible
Opal-rumped Tanager
LC

Opal-rumped Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tangara velia

<5% · Rare
Turquoise Tanager
LC

Turquoise Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tangara mexicana

<5% · Rare
Purple Honeycreeper
LC Endemic

Purple Honeycreeper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cyanerpes caeruleus

70–80% · Very likely
Red-legged Honeycreeper
LC Endemic

Red-legged Honeycreeper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cyanerpes cyaneus

70–80% · Likely
Green Honeycreeper
LC

Green Honeycreeper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chlorophanes spiza

40–50% · Likely
Bananaquit
LC Endemic

Bananaquit

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Coereba flaveola

30–40% · Possible
Palm Tanager

Palm Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Thraupis palmarum

30–40% · Possible
Silver-beaked Tanager
LC

Silver-beaked Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Ramphocelus carbo

30–40% · Possible
Blue Dacnis
LC

Blue Dacnis

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Dacnis cayana

30–40% · Possible
Fulvous-crested Tanager

Fulvous-crested Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tachyphonus surinamus

20–30% · Possible
Fulvous Shrike-Tanager
LC

Fulvous Shrike-Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lanio fulvus

20–30% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

📊

Fewer than 5 records of Paradise Tanager at Brownsberg Nature Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Podocarpus National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
30–40%
2 Madidi National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
30–40%
3 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
20–30%
4 Canaima National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela
20–30%
5 Sierra de la Macarena National Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
20–30%
6 Cordillera Azul National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
20–30%
7 Yasuní National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
10–20%
8 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve 🇪🇨 Ecuador
10–20%
9 Tambopata National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru
10–20%
10 Amacayacu National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
10–20%
11 Anavilhanas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
12 Amboró National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
<5%
13 Brownsberg Nature Park 🇸🇷 Suriname
Insufficient data
← Back to Brownsberg Nature Park