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Scarlet Tanager
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Piranga is a genus of birds of the tanager family. Several species are migratory, breeding in North America and wintering in the tropics.
These tanagers are found high in tree canopies, and are not very gregarious in their breeding areas.
Piranga tanagers pick insects from leaves, or sometimes in flight. They will also take some fruit
Species 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
- ffrench, Birds of Trinidad and Tobago ISBN 0-7136-6759-1
- Hilty, Birds of Venezuela, 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 0-0814-9600-4