summer tanager

E767562

The summer tanager (Piranga rubra) is a medium-sized North American songbird known for the adult male’s bright red plumage and its habit of catching bees and wasps in open woodlands.

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summer tanager canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bird ⓘ
species ⓘ
bodyLength 17 cm ⓘ
bodyLengthRange 16–19 cm ⓘ
breedingSystem monogamous ⓘ
breedsIn northern Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Northern Mexico

southeastern United States ⓘ
southern United States ⓘ
south‑central United States ⓘ
class Aves ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo scarlet tanager ⓘ
western tanager ⓘ
clutchSizeRange 3–5 eggs ⓘ
commonName summer redbird ⓘ
summer tanager ⓘ
currentlyClassifiedIn Cardinalidae ⓘ
describedBy Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
diet bees ⓘ
fruits ⓘ
insects ⓘ
wasps ⓘ
eggColor pale blue ⓘ
family Cardinalidae ⓘ
femalePlumageColor yellowish‑olive ⓘ
foragingStrategy flycatching ⓘ
formerlyClassifiedIn Thraupidae ⓘ
genus Piranga ⓘ
habitat forest edges ⓘ
open woodlands ⓘ
pine‑oak woodlands ⓘ
riparian woodlands ⓘ
IUCNStatus Least Concern ⓘ
linked to: Least Concern (LC)
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
malePlumageColor bright red ⓘ
massRange 27–30 g ⓘ
migratoryBehavior long‑distance migrant ⓘ
nativeTo North America ⓘ
nestLocation tree branches ⓘ
nestType cup nest ⓘ
order Passeriformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
scientificName Piranga rubra ⓘ
sexualDimorphism present ⓘ
songType series of clear whistles ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
wingspanRange 28–30 cm ⓘ
wintersIn Central America ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
northern South America ⓘ
yearDescribed 1758 ⓘ

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Piranga rubra → commonName → summer tanager ⓘ