Flame-colored Tanager
Piranga bidentata
Least ConcernAves · Passeriformes · Cardinalidae
About
The flame-colored tanager, formerly known as the stripe-backed tanager, is a medium-sized American songbird in the family Cardinalidae, the cardinals or cardinal grosbeaks. It is found from Mexico throughout Central America to northern Panama and occasionally in the United States; four subspecies are recognized. The flame-colored tanager is 18 to 19 cm long, the male having predominantly red-orange while the female is more yellowish orange.
Fun Fact
It is found from Mexico throughout Central America to northern Panama and occasionally in the United States; four subspecies are recognized.
Quick Facts
Habitat
Range it is also found in open oak and pine-oak woodlands.
Diet
Prey on certain types of arthropods found within the Sonoran canopy as it dives to catch insects and often those being carried by army ants.
Lifespan
To be updated
Threats
- Habitat Change
- Human Disturbance