Flame-colored Tanager

Piranga bidentata Swainson, 1827

Flame-colored Tanager, Piranga bidentata, is a passerine of Middle America, breeding from western Mexico south to Panama. It belongs to the Cardinalidae family and was named by Swainson in 1827. The bird is mainly a mountain species, though it can occur close to sea level in Guatemala. It uses humid montane forest canopy, open oak and pine-oak woodland, and also large trees in places such as pastures, coffee plantations and gardens. In the United States it is only an occasional wanderer, with rare nesting records.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Cardinalidae — Cardinals & Allies

Breeding range

Middle America: w Mexico to Panama