Species: Piranga ludoviciana
Western Tanager
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Cardinalidae
Genus
Piranga
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
Tángara Capucha Roja - piranga à tête rouge
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Perching Birds
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Passeriformes - Cardinalidae - Piranga - (AOU 1998).
Ecology and Life History
Migration
false - false - true - Arrives in U.S. April-May (Terres 1980). Arrives in southern winter range late October, departs in April (Stiles and Skutch 1989).
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Food Comments
Feeds on a wide variety of insects and fruit.
Reproduction Comments
Clutch size is 3-5. Incubation, by female, lasts about 13 days. Altricial young are tended by both adults.
Ecology Comments
Solitary in winter (Stiles and Skutch 1989).
Length
18
Weight
28
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1996-12-03
Global Status Last Changed
1996-12-03
Other Status
LC - Least concern
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
BREEDING: southeastern Alaska, through western Canada south through western U.S. to northern Baja California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah, Arizona, southern New Mexico, and western Texas (one questionable record for southern Wisconsin). NON-BREEDING: southern Baja California and central mainland of Mexico south to Costa Rica (rarely southern U.S.), casually to western Panama.