OTHER NAMES: N/A
Latin Etymology: Piranga (from Tupi name for an unknown bird) rubra ("red")
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) at San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica - November 2025
Weight: 30g / Length: 17cm / Wingspan: 28-30cm
NO UK STATUS / IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Despite the name, the Summer Tanager has a recently been reevaltuated as a member of the cardinal family, which makes sense with it's bright red plumage. In so far as the Summer part of it's name goes, it primarily breeds in the US South and Northern Mexico, and here where I saw it in Costa Rica, was in it's Wintering range
Related Species:
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cardinalidae
Genus: Piranga
SUBSPECIES: P. r. cooperi, P. r. rubra
- Sighting Locations -
COSTA RICA - Spanish - Tángara Roja Migratoria ("Migratory Red Tanager")
A widespread Winter visitor
- COSTA RICA 2025 TRIP: Seen at Tarcoles, San Jose, San Gerardo de Dota and Hotel Robledal
Further Notes: BirdForum Opus, IUCN Red List, RSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto
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