Tawny-crested Tanager
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Tawny-crested Tanager

Tachyphonus delatrii

30–40% · Possible
overall probability at Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge
364 Verified records at Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge
February Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The tawny-crested tanager (Tachyphonus delatrii) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest. An analysis of measurements taken from more than 200 adult specimens showed positive relationships between latitude and four morphological characters: wing length, tail length, bill length and bill width. Wikipedia →

30–40% of wildlife watchers report a Tawny-crested Tanager sighting in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge, based on 364 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge

White-lined Tanager
LC

White-lined Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tachyphonus rufus

5–10% · With luck
Scarlet-rumped Tanager
LC

Scarlet-rumped Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Ramphocelus passerinii

50–60% · Likely
Bananaquit
LC Endemic

Bananaquit

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Coereba flaveola

50–60% · Likely
Variable Seedeater
LC

Variable Seedeater

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sporophila corvina

40–50% · Likely
Blue-gray Tanager

Blue-gray Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Thraupis episcopus

30–40% · Possible
Palm Tanager

Palm Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Thraupis palmarum

30–40% · Possible
Golden-hooded Tanager

Golden-hooded Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Stilpnia larvata

30–40% · Possible
Buff-throated Saltator
LC

Buff-throated Saltator

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Saltator maximus

20–30% · Possible
Plain-colored Tanager
LC

Plain-colored Tanager

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tangara inornata

10–20% · With luck
Thick-billed Seed-Finch
LC

Thick-billed Seed-Finch

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sporophila funerea

10–20% · With luck
Morelet's Seedeater
LC

Morelet's Seedeater

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sporophila morelleti

10–20% · With luck
Shining Honeycreeper
LC

Shining Honeycreeper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cyanerpes lucidus

5–10% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

30–40
Jan
40–50
Feb
30–40
Mar
30–40
Apr
20–30
May
30–40
Jun
30–40
Jul
20–30
Aug
30–40
Sep
40–50
Oct
20–30
Nov
20–30
Dec

☀️ 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 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
30–40%
2 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
20–30%
3 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
10–20%
4 Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
10–20%
5 Utría National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
10–20%
6 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
10–20%
7 Cahuita National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
5–10%
8 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
9 Tenorio Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
10 Chagres National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
11 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
12 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
13 Los Nevados National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
14 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Tawny-crested Tanager in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge?

About 34% of wildlife watchers report a Tawny-crested Tanager sighting in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge, based on 364 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Tawny-crested Tanager in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge?

February has the highest sighting rate for Tawny-crested Tanager in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge in our monthly data.

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