Summer Tanager

Piranga rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cardinalidae — Cardinals & Allies

Summer Tanager, Piranga rubra, is a passerine of North America and Middle America, breeding in the southern USA and northern Mexico and moving south after the breeding season to Mexico, Central America and Amazonia. It belongs to the Cardinalidae and was first described by Linnaeus in 1758. Adults have a stout, pointed bill. The species is known for plumage and vocal traits that fit the cardinal family, and its song is often mistaken by beginners for that of the American robin, though it is more monotonous and less nasal.

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cardinalidae — Cardinals & Allies
Breeding range: North America, Middle America: s USA and n Mexico
Nonbreeding range: s Mexico to Amazonia