White-shouldered Tanager
Loriotus luctuosus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
- GenusLoriotus
- SpeciesLoriotus luctuosus (White-shouldered Tanager)
The white-shouldered tanager (Loriotus luctuosus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found from Honduras to Panama, on Trinidad, and in every mainland South American country except Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Caroni Swamp
Masked Cardinal
Paroaria nigrogenis
Bicolored Conebill
Conirostrum bicolor
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Blue-black Grassquit
Volatinia jacarina
Saffron Finch
Sicalis flaveola
Olivaceous Saltator
Saltator olivascens
White-lined Tanager
Tachyphonus rufus
Straight-billed Woodcreeper
Xiphorhynchus picus
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of White-shouldered Tanager at Caroni Swamp — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ 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