Red-hooded Tanager (Piranga rubriceps)

Other Names (World)
Red-hooded Tanager, Gray's Tanager

Family
Cardinalidae (Cardinals)

Size
17 - 19 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gray, 1844

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 1,700 - 3,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

Locally in all three ranges of Andes in Colombia, and on eastern slope (from Nari�o and Putumayo) south through Ecuador (locally also on western slope south to Pichincha) to northern Peru (south to Hu�nuco).

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

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (26)...)

Red-hooded Tanager (Piranga rubriceps) [XC787204]
by Jerome Fischer from Above Leymebamba, Peru (call)

Red-hooded Tanager (Piranga rubriceps) [XC119751]
by Oscar H. Mar\u00edn-G\u00f3mez from La Mesenia, Colombia (call)

Subspecies
No 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.

References
See References.

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