Piranga

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Piranga is a genus of brightly colored New World songbirds in the cardinal family, commonly known as tanagers.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Piranga canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bird genus ⓘ
songbird genus ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
belongsTo Cardinalidae ⓘ
belongsToSuborder Passeri ⓘ
characteristic brightly colored plumage ⓘ
songbird ⓘ
class Aves ⓘ
commonName tanagers ⓘ
diet fruit ⓘ
insects ⓘ
distribution New World ⓘ
eggColor pale with darker markings ⓘ
family Cardinalidae ⓘ
foragingStratum canopy and mid-story of trees ⓘ
geographicRange Central America ⓘ
North America ⓘ
South America ⓘ
habitat forests ⓘ
woodlands ⓘ
includesSpecies Piranga bidentata ⓘ
Piranga erythrocephala ⓘ
Piranga flava ⓘ
Piranga haemalea ⓘ
Piranga hepatica ⓘ
Piranga leucoptera ⓘ
Piranga ludoviciana ⓘ
Piranga lutea ⓘ
Piranga olivacea ⓘ
Piranga roseogularis ⓘ
Piranga rubra ⓘ
Piranga rubriceps ⓘ
Piranga scutata ⓘ
isNot true tanager genus in Thraupidae ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
migratoryBehavior many species are migratory ⓘ
namedFor Tupi–Guarani word for small bird or tanager (piranga) ⓘ
order Passeriformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
plumageSexualDimorphism males often more brightly colored than females ⓘ
reproduction builds cup-shaped nests ⓘ
songType melodious song ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ
typeSpecies Piranga rubra ⓘ
vernacularGrouping New World tanagers in cardinal family ⓘ
wasPreviouslyClassifiedIn Thraupidae ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Piranga ludoviciana → genus → Piranga ⓘ
summer tanager → genus → Piranga ⓘ
scarlet tanager → genus → Piranga ⓘ
western tanager → genus → Piranga ⓘ