Red tanager

Red tanager
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cardinalidae
Genus: Piranga
Species:
P. flava
Binomial name
Piranga flava
(Vieillot, 1822)

The red tanager (Piranga flava) is a medium-sized American songbird in the family Cardinalidae.

Taxonomy

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (eds.). "Cardinals, grosbeaks and "tanager" allies". IOC World Bird List. International Ornithological Congress. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Cardinalidae Cardinals and Allies". Birds of the World Online. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  4. ^ "The Family Cardinalidae". Howard & Moore checklist. 4.1. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 28 April 2024.