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 →
5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-gray Tanager sighting in Cañón del Sumidero National Park, based on 77 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Cañón del Sumidero National Park
Yellow-winged Tanager
Thraupis abbas
Black-headed Saltator
Saltator atriceps
Morelet's Seedeater
Sporophila morelleti
Blue-black Grassquit
Volatinia jacarina
Cinnamon-bellied Saltator
Saltator grandis
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Tiaris olivaceus
Crimson-collared Tanager
Ramphocelus sanguinolentus
Buff-throated Saltator
Saltator maximus
Clay-colored Thrush
Turdus grayi
Social Flycatcher
Myiozetetes similis
Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
📅 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 Cañón del Sumidero National Park?
About 6% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-gray Tanager sighting in Cañón del Sumidero National Park, based on 77 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Blue-gray Tanager in Cañón del Sumidero National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Blue-gray Tanager in Cañón del Sumidero National Park in our monthly data.