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Summer tanager

Piranga rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The summer tanager (Piranga rubra) is a species in the family Cardinalidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 29 g to 30 g and live up to 7.3 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Summer tanager (Piranga rubra)
Photo: Mike's Birds · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the summer tanager

Weight
29 g – 30 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
7.3 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
7.92 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
12 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
4src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
12 monthssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1.5src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Migratorysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the summer tanager live?

Not recorded

What is the summer tanager?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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.

From the Wikipedia article “Summer tanager” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Summer_tanager&oldid=1354820382), 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 summer tanager endangered?

The summer 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 summer tanager classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCardinalidae
  6. genusPiranga
  7. SpeciesPiranga rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Fringilla rubra, Muscicapa rubra, Pyranga rubra

Other names and names in other languages (61)
  • Summer PirangaEnglish
  • تناجر الصيفArabic
  • Алена пирангаBulgarian
  • piranga ohniváCzech
  • tangara ohniváCzech
  • tanagr hafWelsh
  • Euryn yr HafWelsh
  • Eurynnod yr HafWelsh
  • SommertangarDanish
  • SommerkardinalGerman
  • SommertangareGerman
  • somera kardinaloEsperanto
  • Piranga rojaSpanish
  • PirangaSpanish
  • Piranga abejeraSpanish
  • Tangara del VeranoSpanish
  • Tángara rojaSpanish
  • Tángara roja migratoriaSpanish
  • Tangara VeraneraSpanish
  • laulu-leeklindEstonian
  • kesätangaraFinnish
  • Piranga vermillonFrench
  • tangara vermillonFrench
  • Tangarach samhraidhIrish
  • Tanajer soureeScottish Gaelic
  • להבית אדומהHebrew
  • crvena pirangaCroatian
  • piros tangaraHungarian
  • SumartániIcelandic
  • piranga estivaItalian
  • Tangara estivaItalian
  • ナツフウキンチョウJapanese
  • natsufuukinchouJapanese
  • raudonoji pirangaLithuanian
  • vasaras tanagraLatvian
  • ChʼoozhlaahalchííʼNavajo
  • SommertanagarNorwegian Bokmål
  • ZomertangareDutch
  • sommerpirangaNorwegian
  • Tanagra Ala PretoPapiamento
  • Tanagra Ala PretuPapiamento
  • piranga pąsowaPolish
  • sanhaçu-verãoPortuguese
  • piranga-vermelhaPortuguese
  • Sanhaço-de-fogo-migradorPortuguese
  • sanhaço-vermelhoPortuguese
  • Sanhaçu-vermelhoPortuguese
  • Алая пирангаRussian
  • GeassetangaraNorthern Sami
  • piranga červenáSlovak
  • rdeča pirangaSlovenian
  • Letnja tangaraSerbian
  • SommartangaraSwedish
  • sommarkardinalSwedish
  • Yaz tangarasıTurkish
  • Kırmızı PirangaTurkish
  • піранга пломенистаUkrainian
  • піранга пломениста (у книжці помилка плометиста)Ukrainian
  • 玫紅比藍雀Chinese
  • 玫紅麗唐納雀Chinese
  • 玫红丽唐纳雀Chinese

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Relatives of the summer 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 summer tanager?

An adult summer tanager weighs 29 g – 30 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the summer tanager endangered?

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

How long does the summer tanager live?

The summer tanager has a recorded lifespan of 7.3 years.

What kind of animal is the summer tanager?

The summer tanager (Piranga rubra) belongs to the family Cardinalidae in the order Passeriformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{summer_tanager_2026,
  title = {Summer tanager (Piranga rubra)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/summer-tanager},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}