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Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
Verified source photographFélix UribeCC-BY-SA · View source
PRB-0382Passeriformes

Summer Tanager

Piranga Roja

Piranga rubra

Accidental / vagrantIUCN LC · Least Concern

The summer tanager (Piranga rubra) is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family (Thraupidae), it and other members of its genus are now classified in the cardinal family (Cardinalidae). The species's plumage and vocalizations are similar to other members of the cardinal family.

FamilyCardinalidaeCardinals and Allies
Puerto Rico occurrenceAccidental / vagrantAvibase inferred core 380
Primary habitatforestsForest
Primary dietInvertebrateInvertivore
Average mass28.759999999999998 gGlobal trait estimate
MovementMigratoryInsessorial

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XC1074380Recording 1 of 3song
Spectrogram of Summer Tanager: song
SpectrogramPiranga rubra

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Sound recorded by Brice de la Croix · XC1074380 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Visualization by Stichting Xeno-canto voor Natuurgeluiden.

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Catalog scopeAvibase inferred core 380

About the Summer Tanager

The summer tanager (Piranga rubra) is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family (Thraupidae), it and other members of its genus are now classified in the cardinal family (Cardinalidae). The species's plumage and vocalizations are similar to other members of the cardinal family.

Conservation

Least Concern

IUCN LC

Global IUCN
LC
Puerto Rico DNER
No current listing in source crosswalk
Federal ESA
No current listing in source crosswalk
Critical habitat
Not identified in source crosswalk

Natural history

How it lives

Habitat
forests
Elevation
0–2500 m
Nest
Cup / bowl · Tree
Clutch
3–4 eggs
Social behavior
Social / flocking; Singly and pairs; Solitary

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