Silver-throated Tanager

Tangara icterocephala

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Cordats)
ClassAves (Aus)
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
GenusTangara
SpeciesTangara icterocephala (Silver-throated Tanager)

Insufficient data

overall probability at Corcovado National Park

3 Verified records at Corcovado National Park

☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The silver-throated tanager (Tangara icterocephala) is a species of passerine bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, and northeastern Peru. It inhabits mossy forests, montane forests, tropical lowland evergreen forests and forest edges, along with tall secondary forests and disturbed habitat with remnant trees and forest. It is 13 centimetres (5.1 in) long and weighs 22 grams (0.78 oz) on average, and shows slight sexual dimorphism, with duller female plumage. Adult males are mainly bright yellow, with a silvery-white throat bordered above with a black stripe on the cheeks, black streaking on the back, and green edges to the wings and tail. Juveniles are duller and greener. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Corcovado National Park

Tangara gyrola

5–10% · With luck

Ramphocelus passerinii

Coereba flaveola

Thraupis episcopus

Stilpnia larvata

Thraupis palmarum

Loriotus luctuosus

Sporophila corvina

Saltator maximus

Lanio leucothorax

Cyanerpes cyaneus

Eucometis penicillata

10–20% · With luck

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📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Silver-throated Tanager at Corcovado National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

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

☀️Diurnal

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	Chirripó National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	60–70%
2	Los Quetzales National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	40–50%
3	Volcán Barú National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	30–40%
4	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	30–40%
5	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	20–30%
6	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	20–30%
7	Farallones de Cali National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	20–30%
8	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	20–30%
9	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	10–20%
10	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	5–10%
11	Poás Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
12	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
13	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
14	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
15	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
16	Rincón de la Vieja National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
17	Irazú Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
18	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
19	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
20	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
21	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data

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Silver-throated Tanager

Closest Relatives at Corcovado National Park

Bay-headed Tanager

Scarlet-rumped Tanager

Bananaquit

Blue-gray Tanager

Golden-hooded Tanager

Palm Tanager

White-shouldered Tanager

Variable Seedeater

Buff-throated Saltator

White-throated Shrike-Tanager

Red-legged Honeycreeper

Gray-headed Tanager

📅 Monthly Probability

☀️ When They're Spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found