Piranga Tanagers
Piranga
Piranga is a genus of birds long placed in the tanager family, but now considered members of the family Cardinalidae. The genus name Piranga is from Tupi word tijepiranga, the name for an unknown small bird.
Similar in shape and habits to the true tanagers, their coloration betrays their actual relationships. They are essentially red, orange, or yellow all over, except the tail and wings, and in some species also the back. Such extensive lipochrome coloration (except on the belly) is very rare in true tanagers, but is widespread among the Cardinalidae.
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species
Summer Tanager
speciesPiranga rubra
Western Tanager
speciesPiranga ludoviciana
Scarlet Tanager
speciesPiranga olivacea
Hepatic Tanager
speciesPiranga flava
Flame-colored Tanager
speciesPiranga bidentata
White-winged Tanager
speciesPiranga leucoptera
Rose-throated Tanager
speciesPiranga roseogularis
Red-headed Tanager
speciesPiranga erythrocephala
Red-hooded Tanager
speciesPiranga rubriceps
Western × Flame-colored Tanager
hybridPiranga ludoviciana × bidentata
Scarlet × Western Tanager
hybridPiranga olivacea × ludoviciana
Hepatic × Flame-colored Tanager
hybridPiranga flava × bidentata
Piranga olivacea × rubra
hybridPiranga olivacea × rubra
Piranga ludoviciana × rubra
hybridPiranga ludoviciana × rubra
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 9913.