- Piranga
Taxobox
name = "Piranga"
image_width = 250px
image_caption = Scarlet Tanager
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
familia =Cardinalidae
genus = "Piranga"
genus_authority = Vieillot, 1807
subdivision_ranks = species
subdivision = "see species list""Piranga" is a genus of
bird s long placed in thetanager family, but actually related to the "Cardinalis " cardinals.Similar in shape and habits to the true tanagers, their coloration betrays their actual relationships. They are essentially red, orange or yellow all over, except the tail and wings and in some species also the back. Such extensive
lipochrome coloration (except on the belly) is very rare in true tanagers, but widespread among the Cardinalidae.These
songbird s are found high in tree canopies, and are not very gregarious in their breeding areas. "Piranga" species pick insects from leaves, or sometimes in flight. They will also take some fruit. Several species are migratory, breeding inNorth America and wintering in the tropics.pecies in taxonomic order
*
Rose-throated Tanager , "Piranga roseogularis"
*Hepatic Tanager , "Piranga flava"
*Scarlet Tanager , "Piranga olivacea"
*Summer Tanager , "Piranga rubra"
*Western Tanager , "Piranga ludoviciana"
*Flame-colored Tanager , "Piranga bidentata"
*White-winged Tanager , "Piranga leucoptera"
*Red-headed Tanager , "Piranga erythrocephala"
*Red-hooded Tanager , "Piranga rubriceps"References
*cite book
last = ffrench | first = Richard
title = A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago
edition=2nd edition | year=1991 | publisher=Comstock Publishing
isbn = 0-8014-9792-2 .
*cite book
last = Hilty | first = Steven L | title = Birds of Venezuela
publisher = Christopher Helm | date=2003 | location = London
isbn = 0-7136-6418-5 .
* Morton, Isler & Isler, "Tanagers" ISBN 0-7136-5116-4.
* Stiles and Skutch, "A guide to the birds of Costa Rica" ISBN 0-8014-9600-4.
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