Red-headed Tanager
Piranga erythrocephala(Swainson, WJ, 1827)
English (US) Red-headed Tanager
The Red-headed Tanager (Piranga erythrocephala) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cardinalidae (Cardinals and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Piranga erythrocephala
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-headed Tanager
- Described by
- (Swainson, WJ, 1827)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Piranga erythrocephala candida
- Piranga erythrocephala erythrocephala
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Spermagra erythrocephala
- Described by
- (Swainson, WJ, 1827)
- Type locality
- 'Temiscaltipec' [, Mexico].
- Original description
- The Philosophical Magazine, New Series n.s., 1 p.437
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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