Red-headed Tanager (Piranga erythrocephala)

Family
Cardinalidae (Cardinals)

Size
15 - 15.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Swainson, 1827)

Habitat
Open grassy pine-oak woods, pure oak woods, mixed scrubby woods and edges. From 900 - 2,600 m.

Range (Guide)

Mexico.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 20,000 - 49,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (18)...)

Red-headed Tanager (Piranga erythrocephala) [XC228313]
by Andrew Spencer from Cerro de San Juan, Nayarit, Mexico (call)

Red-headed Tanager (Piranga erythrocephala) [XC576163]
by Eric Hough from Reserva de la Chara Pinta (Tufted Jay Preserve), Sinaloa, Mexico (song)

Subspecies
Molecular-genetic evidence indicates that this genus forms a monophyletic group with Habia and Chlorothraupis, and that all three are more closely related to cardinals (Cardinalidae) than to true tanagers. Along with White-winged Tanager (Piranga leucoptera) have sometimes been placed in a separate genus, Spermagra, but recent DNA work does not support such treatment.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

candida Griscom, 1934 - North-western Mexico from southern Sonora and southern Chihuahua south to Jalisco; outside breeding season recorded south to Michoac�n and M�xico.
erythrocephala (Swainson, 1827) - South-central and southern Mexico (Jalisco south to eastern Oaxaca at Isthmus of Tehuantepec).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Red-headed Tanager (Piranga erythrocephala) - 10 files

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