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Flame-colored Tanager

Piranga bidentataOrder: PASSERIFORMESFamily: Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Flame-colored Tanager Breeding Male Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: All-purpose
  • Eye Color: Dark brown to brown-black.
  • Head Pattern: Plain, Special (unique patterns or features)
  • Crown Color: Red-orange
  • Forehead Color: Red-orange
  • Nape Color: Red-orange
  • Throat Color: Red-orange
  • Cere color: No Data
Flame-colored Tanager Breeding Male Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 18 cm (7.25 in)
  • Weight: 34 g (1.2 oz)
  • Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
  • Color: Red, White, Black, Gray
  • Underparts: Red-orange and yellow.
  • Upperparts: Brown and black streaked.
  • Back Pattern: Striped or streaked
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid
Flame-colored Tanager Breeding Male Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Swift flight with rapid wing beats.
  • Wingspan Range: 28-30 cm (11-12 in)
  • Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Pointed Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Black with white corners.
  • Under Tail: Red-yellow
  • Leg Color: Black
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Family Tanager (Thraupidae)_blue
Species Piranga bidentata
Length7.25 Inches
Wingspan11.5 Inches

Flame-colored Tanager

Flame-colored Tanager: Tropical tanager, flame red-orange body, black wings with white wing bars and spots, black-streaked back. Face has pale gray-tinged ear patch bordered with black. Bill is gray, legs, feet are black. Swift, direct flight. It is the national bird of Puerto Rico.

● Song: "chick-churee-chuwee", "pr-reck"

● Foraging & Feeding: Flame-colored Tanager: Feeds on insects and fruits. Forages from middle to high levels in trees; gleans insects from branches and foliage.

● Breeding & nesting: Flame-colored Tanager: Two to five green to blue eggs with gray and brown speckles are laid in a cup nest made of sticks, conifer needles, rootlets, and grass, and lined with finer materials. Nest is built on a tree branch 15 to 50 feet above the ground. Incubation ranges from 13 to 14 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Flame-colored Tanager: Western Tanager has yellow body, red head, and pink-yellow bill.

Flight Pattern

Swift flight with rapid wing beats.
Flame-colored Tanager Breeding Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Flame-colored Tanager: Resident in Mexico, visits mountains of southwest Texas and nests in southeastern Arizona. Preferred habitats include humid coniferous, oak, and pine-oak forests in mountains.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationCasual
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight1.2 Ounces