Summer Tanager

Piranga rubra - Piranga vermillon Tangara vermillon

Piranga vermillon
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Cardinalidés

  • Genus
    :

    Piranga

  • Species
    :

    rubra

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 18 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 28 à 30 cm.
  • Weight
    : 29 g
Longevity

5 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Piranga vermillon
♂ adult
Piranga vermillon
♀ adult

Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) is a species of bird in the Cardinalidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Piranga rubra rubra (e USA)
  • Piranga rubra cooperi (sw USA and n Mexico)

Foreign names

  • Piranga vermillon,
  • Piranga roja,
  • sanhaço-vermelho,
  • Sommerkardinal,
  • piros tangara,
  • Zomertangare,
  • Tangara estiva,
  • sommarkardinal,
  • Sommerpiranga,
  • piranga červená,
  • piranga ohnivá,
  • Sommertangar,
  • kesätangara,
  • piranga roja,
  • Sumartáni,
  • piranga pąsowa,
  • vasaras tanagra,
  • rdeča piranga,
  • Алая пиранга,
  • ナツフウキンチョウ,
  • 玫红丽唐纳雀,
  • sommarkardinal,
  • 玫紅比藍雀,

Voice song and call

Piranga vermillon
♂ adult

Habitat

Piranga vermillon
♂ adult

Forest : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

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