White-winged Tanager
Piranga leucopteraTrudeau, JD, 1840
English (US) White-winged Tanager
The White-winged Tanager (Piranga leucoptera) 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 leucoptera
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-winged Tanager
- Described by
- Trudeau, JD, 1840
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Piranga leucoptera leucoptera
- Piranga leucoptera latifasciata
- Piranga leucoptera venezuelae
- Piranga leucoptera ardens
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Pyranga leucoptera
- Described by
- Trudeau, JD, 1840
- Type locality
- Mexico.
- Original description
- Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8 p.160
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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