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 →
30–40% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-gray Tanager sighting in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, based on 3,675 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Tiaris olivaceus
Silver-throated Tanager
Tangara icterocephala
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
Buff-throated Saltator
Saltator maximus
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis
Dacnis venusta
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes cyaneus
Spangle-cheeked Tanager
Tangara dowii
Scarlet-rumped Tanager
Ramphocelus passerinii
Cinnamon-bellied Saltator
Saltator grandis
Crimson-collared Tanager
Ramphocelus sanguinolentus
Plain-colored Tanager
Tangara inornata
📅 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 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve?
About 38% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-gray Tanager sighting in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, based on 3,675 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Blue-gray Tanager in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve?
October has the highest sighting rate for Blue-gray Tanager in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve in our monthly data.