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Red tanager

Piranga flava (Vieillot, 1822)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The red tanager (Piranga flava) is a species in the family Cardinalidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 37.7 g to 45 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Red tanager (Piranga flava)
Photo: Kennedy Andrade Borges · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the red tanager

Weight
37.7 g – 45 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.8 – 2.9src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Partialsrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the red tanager live?

Not recorded

What is the red tanager?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The red tanager (Piranga flava) is a medium-sized American songbird in the family Cardinalidae.

From the Wikipedia article “Red tanager” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red_tanager&oldid=1381081882), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the red tanager endangered?

The red tanager is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the red tanager classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCardinalidae
  6. genusPiranga
  7. SpeciesPiranga flava (Vieillot, 1822)

Synonyms Diplochilus xanthochlorus, Piranga azarae, Saltator flavus

Other names and names in other languages (59)
  • Hepatic PirangaEnglish
  • Hepatic tanagerEnglish
  • Highland hepatic tanagerEnglish
  • Highland hepatic-tanagerEnglish
  • Lowland hepatic tanagerEnglish
  • Lowland hepatic-tanagerEnglish
  • Northern hepatic tanagerEnglish
  • Northern hepatic-tanagerEnglish
  • Red PirangaEnglish
  • Tooth-billed PirangaEnglish
  • Tooth-billed tanagerEnglish
  • piranga carbassaCatalan
  • tangara rumělkováCzech
  • Tanagr coch bochlwydWelsh
  • IldtangarDanish
  • ZinnobertangareGerman
  • HochlandkardinalGerman
  • SüdzinnobertangareGerman
  • TieflandkardinalGerman
  • Zinnober-TangareGerman
  • oranĝa kardinaloEsperanto
  • FuegueroSpanish
  • Fueguero ComúnSpanish
  • Piranga bermejaSpanish
  • Piranga EncineraSpanish
  • Tangara BermejaSpanish
  • Tángara encineraSpanish
  • maksa-leeklindEstonian
  • purppuratangaraFinnish
  • Piranga orangéFrench
  • Tie pirangâGuarani
  • narančasta pirangaCroatian
  • Tangara rossaItalian
  • Piranga epaticaItalian
  • Tanagra epaticaItalian
  • レンガフウキンチョウJapanese
  • rengafuukinchouJapanese
  • rausvoji pirangaLithuanian
  • blāvā tanagraLatvian
  • BlodtanagarNorwegian Bokmål
  • blodpirangaNorwegian Bokmål
  • LaaglandlevertangareDutch
  • skarlagenpirangaNorwegian
  • piranga cynobrowaPolish
  • piranga-de-fogoPortuguese
  • Sanhaco-de-fogoPortuguese
  • sanhaço-de-fogoPortuguese
  • Красная пирангаRussian
  • piranga rumelkováSlovak
  • Žućkasta tangaraSerbian
  • röd tangaraSwedish
  • caatingakardinalSwedish
  • LåglandstangaraSwedish
  • Hepatik PirangaTurkish
  • піранга червонаUkrainian
  • 紅褐比藍雀Chinese
  • 南暗红丽唐纳雀Chinese
  • 暗红丽唐纳雀Chinese
  • 肝紅麗唐納雀Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the red tanager

Other species in the same genus Piranga.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the red tanager?

An adult red tanager weighs 37.7 g – 45 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the red tanager endangered?

The red tanager is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the red tanager?

The red tanager (Piranga flava) belongs to the family Cardinalidae in the order Passeriformes.

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@misc{red_tanager_2026,
  title = {Red tanager (Piranga flava)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-tanager},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}