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| Red tanager | |
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| Male | |
| Female | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Aves | 
| Order: | Passeriformes | 
| Family: | Cardinalidae | 
| Genus: | Piranga | 
| Species: | P. flava 
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| Binomial name | |
| Piranga flava (Vieillot, 1822) 
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The red tanager (Piranga flava) is a medium-sized American songbird in the family Cardinalidae.
Taxonomy
[edit]There four subspecies of Piranga flava:[2]
- Piranga flava macconnelli C. Chubb, 1921 (southern Guyana, southern Suriname and northern Brazil)
 - Piranga flava rosacea Todd, 1922 (eastern Bolivia)
 - Piranga flava saira (von Spix, 1825) (eastern and southern Brazil)
 - Piranga flava flava (Vieillot, 1822) (southeastern Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina and Uruguay)
 
The red tanager is sometimes treated as part of a more broadly circumscribed hepatic tanager species, where it makes up the flava subspecies group (lowland hepatic tanager).[3][4] However, the IOC World Bird List splits these birds into three species, also recognising Piranga hepatica (the hepatic tanager) and Piranga lutea (the tooth-billed tanager).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International. (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Piranga flava". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017 e.T103811599A119471621. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103811599A119471621.en. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
 - ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela C. (eds.). "Cardinals, grosbeaks and "tanager" allies". IOC World Bird List. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
 - ^ "Cardinalidae Cardinals and Allies". Birds of the World Online. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
 - ^ "The Family Cardinalidae". Howard & Moore checklist. 4.1. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
 
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Some call notes recall Hermit Thrush "chup" calls to my ears.Synonyms
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