The red tanager (Piranga flava) is a medium-sized American songbird in the family Cardinalidae. == Taxonomy == There four subspecies of Piranga flava: Piranga flava macconnelli C. Chubb, 1921 (southern Guyana, southern Suriname and northern Brazil) Piranga flava rosacea Todd, 1922 (eastern Bolivia) Piranga flava saira (von Spix, 1825) (eastern and southern Brazil) Piranga flava flava (Vieillot, 1822) (southeastern Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina and Uruguay) The red tanager is sometimes treated as part of a more broadly circumscribed hepatic tanager species, where it makes up the flava subspecies group (lowland hepatic tanager). However, the IOC World Bird List splits these birds into three species, also recognising Piranga hepatica (the hepatic tanager) and Piranga lutea (the tooth-billed tanager).
Big Bend National Park
Brewster County, United States
+121 birds+29 mammals
Where the Rio Grande carves a serpentine boundary between Texas and Mexico, the Chisos Mountains rise abruptly from desert scrubland […]
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District of San Jacinto, Ecuador
+117 birds+6 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce the tropical sky above northwestern Ecuador, a landscape of extraordinary ecological complexity unfolds across nearly 4,800 […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPuracé National Natural Park
Puracé, Colombia
150+ birds+5 mammals
Where the Andes rear up in southwestern Colombia, volcanic peaks pierce clouds at over 4,700 metres, their flanks cloaked in […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKChapada dos Guimarães National Park
Brazil
+146 birds+15 mammals
Where granite plateaus rise abruptly from central Brazilian cerrado, ancient escarpments reveal a landscape of extraordinary drama and ecological complexity. […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKChapada dos Veadeiros National Park
Brazil
+143 birds+19 mammals
Where granite plateaus rise abruptly from central Brazil’s cerrado savanna, ancient quartzite formations create a landscape of breathtaking geological drama. […]
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Brazil
+100 birds+5 mammals
Where granite plateaus rise dramatically from the Atlantic Forest’s green embrace, a landscape of profound geological drama unfolds across the […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSerra do Gandarela National Park
Brazil
150+ birds+9 mammals
Where granite peaks thrust upward through Atlantic Forest mist, the landscape reveals itself in dramatic relief—a montane wilderness sprawling across […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBrasília National Park
Plano Piloto, Brazil
+122 birds+30 mammals
Where granite escarpments rise above the cerrado grasslands of central Brazil, a vast sanctuary unfolds across 1,077 square kilometres of […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKAraucárias National Park
Brazil
+54 birds+2 mammals
Where subtropical mountain forests rise above the Brazilian plateau, ancient Araucaria angustifolia trees tower like cathedral pillars through the mist. […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSerra Geral National Park
Brazil
+124 birds+14 mammals
Where granite escarpments rise abruptly from the Atlantic Forest canopy, a landscape of dramatic canyons and windswept plateaus defines one […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKChagres National Park
Caimitillo, Panama
+131 birds+30 mammals
Where rainforest canopy meets mountain spine, the Chagres River carves through some of Central America’s most pristine tropical wilderness. Spanning […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKEl Palmar National Park
Distrito Sexto, Argentina
+132 birds+21 mammals
Where the Paraná River winds through northern Argentina, vast groves of yatay palms rise from rolling grassland like a botanical […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKRío Pilcomayo National Park
Argentina
150+ birds+10 mammals
Where wetlands sprawl across the Argentine Chaco, the Pilcomayo River carves a vital ribbon of life through one of South […]
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Laguna Limpia, Argentina
+60 birds+2 mammals
Where the Paraná Plateau descends into humid subtropical lowlands, 240 square kilometers of pristine Argentine wilderness unfold across rolling terrain […]
VIEW NATURE RESERVEChaco National Park
Municipio de Presidencia de la Plaza, Argentina
+142 birds+20 mammals
Where the Gran Chaco’s thornforests meet wetland mosaics, a landscape of profound ecological contrast unfolds across northwestern Argentina. This 151-square-kilometre […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLagunas de Montebello National Park
Laguna de Montebello, Mexico
+126 birds+3 mammals
Crystalline waters pierce through limestone plateaus in the borderlands of Chiapas, where over fifty interconnected lakes create a landscape of […]
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San Andrés Huayápam, Mexico
+129 birds+30 mammals
Towering pine and fir forests blanket the high plateaus of Oaxaca’s Sierra Madre Oriental, where elevation exceeds 3,600 meters and […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKParque Nacional Grutas de Cacahuamilpa
Pilcaya, Mexico
+141 birds+19 mammals
Where limestone cliffs plunge into shadowed canyons, the Río Río Grande carves its ancient passage through one of Mexico’s most […]
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Tosanachi, Mexico
+122 birds+22 mammals
Where copper canyons plunge deeper than the Grand Canyon itself, Mexico’s remote Sierra Madre Occidental unfolds in dramatic vertical relief. […]
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