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Scarlet tanager migration Piranga olivacea
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| Scientific name | Piranga olivacea |
|---|---|
| IUCN status | Least concern |
| Records mapped | 1,829,377 (GBIF) |
| GPS / geolocator tracks | none with an open licence yet |
Facts from Wikidata Q1193366 (CC0).
Migration in the data
1,829,377 GBIF records (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 licences only) are mapped here, in 1.41° grid cells, month by month.
In the Americas, the centre of the records (adjusted for observer effort) is furthest north in July (about 42°N) and furthest south in February (about 5°S).
More than half of the effort-adjusted signal there is south of the Equator in: January, February, December.
Month by month: centre of records in the Americas
| Month | Centre (latitude) | South of the Equator |
|---|---|---|
| January | 4°S | 70% |
| February | 5°S | 74% |
| March | 2°N | 34% |
| April | 26°N | 0% |
| May | 40°N | 0% |
| June | 41°N | 0% |
| July | 42°N | 0% |
| August | 42°N | 0% |
| September | 39°N | 0% |
| October | 25°N | 4% |
| November | 6°N | 38% |
| December | 3°S | 73% |
Tracked birds
No openly licensed (CC0 / CC BY) tracking data package for this species was found in the Movebank Data Repository yet, so only records are shown.
About the scarlet tanager
The scarlet tanager is a medium-sized American songbird in the cardinal family (Cardinalidae). It was placed in the tanager family (Thraupidae) until 2009, but was moved to Cardinalidae following several genetic studies indicating the Piranga tanagers are more closely related to cardinals and their allies. Breeding males have bright red plumage with black wings and tails, while females are yellow-olive. …
From the Wikipedia article “Scarlet tanager” (revision 1380704172), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sources
GBIF occurrence records, licence CC0 1.0 or CC BY 4.0 only, observations only (no specimens), filtered with: taxonKey=2488517&license=CC0_1_0&license=CC_BY_4_0&occurrenceStatus=PRESENT&hasGeospatialIssue=false&basisOfRecord=HUMAN_OBSERVATION&basisOfRecord=MACHINE_OBSERVATION&basisOfRecord=OBSERVATION. Monthly queries: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec. GBIF.org (23 October 2026) occurrence data accessed via the GBIF API; a GBIF download DOI is still to be added. Contributing datasets.