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

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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

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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