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Red Tanager (Piranga flava)

Red Tanager

Piranga flava

Least Concern

Overview

The red tanager (Piranga flava) is a medium-sized American songbird belonging to the family Cardinalidae. It is classified by the IUCN as a species of Least Concern.

Habitat

There are four subspecies of Piranga flava found in distinct regions: P. f. macconnelli inhabits southern Guyana, southern Suriname and northern Brazil; P. f. rosacea is found in eastern Bolivia; P. f. saira ranges across eastern and southern Brazil; and P. f. flava occurs in southeastern Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina and Uruguay.

Did you know?

The red tanager is sometimes treated as part of a more broadly circumscribed hepatic tanager species, where it makes up the flava subspecies group known as the lowland hepatic tanager.

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