Turquoise Tanager
Tangara mexicana
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
- GenusTangara
- SpeciesTangara mexicana (Turquoise Tanager)
The turquoise tanager (Tangara mexicana) is a medium-sized passerine bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is a resident bird from Trinidad, much of Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela, and south to Bolivia. Despite its scientific name, it is not found in Mexico. It is restricted to areas with humid forest, with its primary distribution being the Amazon. It was formerly treated as being conspecific with the white-bellied tanager which is found in the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil. It occurs in forest, woodland, and cultivation. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
Silver-beaked Tanager
Ramphocelus carbo
Red-capped Cardinal
Paroaria gularis
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
Blue-black Grassquit
Volatinia jacarina
Blue-gray Saltator
Saltator coerulescens
Sayaca Tanager
Thraupis sayaca
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch
Sporophila angolensis
Blue Dacnis
Dacnis cayana
Yellow-bellied Dacnis
Dacnis flaviventer
Swallow Tanager
Tersina viridis
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Turquoise Tanager at Noel Kempff Mercado National Park — 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
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Madidi National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 5 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 6 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 8 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 9 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Cordillera Azul National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 11 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 12 | Canaima National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 13 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 14 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 15 | Noel Kempff Mercado National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 16 | Chingaza National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 17 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |