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White-winged tanager

Piranga leucoptera Trudeau, 1840

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The white-winged tanager (Piranga leucoptera) is a species in the family Cardinalidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 16 g to 16.7 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

White-winged tanager (Piranga leucoptera)
Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the white-winged tanager

Weight
16 g – 16.7 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the white-winged tanager

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White-winged tanager (Piranga leucoptera)
Piranga_leucoptera_(female)_-NW_Ecuador-6.jpg : Michael Woodruff derivative… · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the white-winged tanager live?

Not recorded

What is the white-winged tanager?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The white-winged tanager (Piranga leucoptera) is a medium-sized American songbird in the family Cardinalidae, the cardinals or cardinal grosbeaks. It is found from Mexico, through Central America, across northern South America and as far south as Bolivia.

From the Wikipedia article “White-winged tanager” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White-winged_tanager&oldid=1292944177), 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 white-winged tanager endangered?

The white-winged 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. What the categories mean.

How is the white-winged tanager classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCardinalidae
  6. genusPiranga
  7. SpeciesPiranga leucoptera Trudeau, 1840

Synonyms Pyranga leucoptera

Other names and names in other languages (33)
  • White-winged PirangaEnglish
  • piranga alablancaCatalan
  • tangara bělokřídláCzech
  • tanagr y DwyrainWelsh
  • Hvidbåndet IldtangarDanish
  • WeißbindenkardinalGerman
  • WeißbindentangareGerman
  • blankflugila kardinaloEsperanto
  • Piranga aliblancaSpanish
  • Piranga Alas BlancasSpanish
  • Tángara ala blancaSpanish
  • Tangara AliblancaSpanish
  • väike-leeklindEstonian
  • punatangaraFinnish
  • Piranga bifasciéFrench
  • crnolica pirangaCroatian
  • Tanagra alibiancheItalian
  • ハジロフウキンチョウJapanese
  • baltasparnė pirangaLithuanian
  • WitvleugeltangareDutch
  • båndpirangaNorwegian
  • piranga białoskrzydłaPolish
  • piranga-d'asa-brancaPortuguese
  • sanhaço-de-asa-brancaPortuguese
  • Белокрылая пирангаRussian
  • piranga bielokrídlaSlovak
  • Belokrila tangaraSerbian
  • vitbandad tangaraSwedish
  • vitbandad kardinalSwedish
  • Ak Kanatlı PirangaTurkish
  • піранга білокрилаUkrainian
  • 白翅比藍雀Chinese
  • 白翅丽唐纳雀Chinese

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Relatives of the white-winged tanager

Other species in the same genus Piranga.

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Common questions

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How big is the white-winged tanager?

An adult white-winged tanager weighs 16 g – 16.7 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the white-winged tanager endangered?

The white-winged 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 white-winged tanager?

The white-winged tanager (Piranga leucoptera) belongs to the family Cardinalidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{white_winged_tanager_2026,
  title = {White-winged tanager (Piranga leucoptera)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-winged-tanager},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}