Western Tanager
Piranga ludoviciana(Wilson, A, 1811)
English (US) Western Tanager
The Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) 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.
Range: breeds western North America; winters to western PanamaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Piranga ludoviciana
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Western Tanager
- Described by
- (Wilson, A, 1811)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Tanagra ludoviciana
- Described by
- (Wilson, A, 1811)
- Type locality
- prairies of the Missouri, between the Osage and Mandan nations [= about two miles north of Kamiah, Idaho County, Idaho], fide Davis and Stevenson, 1934, Condor, 36, p. 163.
- Original description
- American Ornithology or, the Natural History of the Birds of the United States: Illustrated with Plates Engraved and Colored from Original Drawings taken from Nature 3 p.27 pl.20 fig.1
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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