The red tanager (Piranga flava) is a medium-sized American songbird in the family Cardinalidae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cardinalidae |
| Genus: | Piranga |
| Species: | P. flava
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| Piranga flava (Vieillot, 1822)
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Taxonomy
editThere 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, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (eds.). "Cardinals, grosbeaks and "tanager" allies". IOC World Bird List. International Ornithological Congress. 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.