Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
- GenusThraupis (Typical Tanagers)
- SpeciesThraupis episcopus (Blue-gray Tanager)
The blue-gray tanager (Thraupis episcopus) is a medium-sized South American songbird of the tanager family, Thraupidae. Its range is from Mexico south to northeast Bolivia and northern Brazil, all of the Amazon Basin, except the very south. It has been introduced to Lima (Peru) and Florida (United States). On Trinidad and Tobago, this bird is called blue jean. Wikipedia →
40–50% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-gray Tanager sighting in Canaima National Park, based on 145 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Canaima National Park
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
Silver-beaked Tanager
Ramphocelus carbo
Black-headed Tanager
Stilpnia cyanoptera
Greater Flowerpiercer
Diglossa major
Speckled Tanager
Ixothraupis guttata
Red-shouldered Tanager
Tachyphonus phoenicius
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes cyaneus
Purple Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes caeruleus
Yellow-bellied Tanager
Ixothraupis xanthogastra
Ruddy-breasted Seedeater
Sporophila minuta
Paradise Tanager
Tangara chilensis
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Blue-gray Tanager in Canaima National Park?
About 44% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-gray Tanager sighting in Canaima National Park, based on 145 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Blue-gray Tanager in Canaima National Park?
June has the highest sighting rate for Blue-gray Tanager in Canaima National Park in our monthly data.