Flame-colored Tanager
Piranga bidentata
Perching
Length: 8 in. (20 cm )
Occupying dense coniferous stands, pine-oak woodlands and closed riparian forests, this species feeds on insects in the mid to high levels of the trees where it often joins mixed species foraging flocks. Its nest is made of twigs and moss and placed in the fork of a high horizontal branch. In the northern part of its range it frequently hybridizes with the Western Tanager.
The four-digit banding code is FCTA.
Male |
Female |
Fir forest
Oak-pine woodland
Bibliographic details:
- Article: Flame-colored Tanager
- Author(s): Dr. Biology
- Publisher: Arizona State University School of Life Sciences Ask A Biologist
- Site name: ASU - Ask A Biologist
- Date published: 13 Jul, 2017
- Date accessed:
- Link: https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/flame-colored-tanager
APA Style
Dr. Biology. (Thu, 07/13/2017 - 15:36). Flame-colored Tanager. ASU - Ask A Biologist. Retrieved from https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/flame-colored-tanager
Chicago Manual of Style
Dr. Biology. "Flame-colored Tanager". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 13 Jul 2017. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/flame-colored-tanager
MLA 2017 Style
Dr. Biology. "Flame-colored Tanager". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 13 Jul 2017. ASU - Ask A Biologist, Web. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/flame-colored-tanager
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