Summer Tanager

Piranga rubra (Linnaeus, 1758) SUMTA 17860
Family: Passeriformes > Cardinalidae

Resembles Scarlet Tanager, but males are paler and females a bit browner;. Summer Tanager has a more southerly range than its congener so is an even rarer visitor to Britain.

Added to the British List on the basis of an individual trapped on Bardsey in 1957.

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  • Breeding
  • Winter
14 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
14 records

BTO RECORDS

14 records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
14 records

BTO RECORDS

Identification

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Status and Trends

Population size and trends and patterns of distribution based on BTO surveys and atlases with data collected by BTO volunteers.

CONSERVATION STATUS

This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.

POPULATION SIZE

We have no population estimates for this scarce species.

Movement

Information about movement and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.

RINGING RECOVERIES

View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report.

Biology

Lifecycle and body size information about Summer Tanager, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.

PRODUCTIVITY & NESTING

Sample sizes are too small to report Productivity and Nesting statistics for this species.

CODES & CLASSIFICATION

For information in another language (where available) click on a linked name

Welsh: Tanagr Haf
Catalan: piranga roja
Czech: tangara ohnivá
Danish: Sommertangar
Dutch: Zomertangare
Estonian: laulu-leeklind
Finnish: kesätangara
French: Piranga vermillon
German: Sommerkardinal
Hungarian: piros tangara
Icelandic: Sumartáni
Italian: Tangara estiva
Latvian: vasaras tanagra
Lithuanian: raudonoji piranga
Norwegian: Sommerpiranga
Polish: piranga pasowa
Portuguese: sanhaço-vermelho / sanhaço-de-fogo-migrador
Slovak: piranga cervená
Slovenian: rdeca piranga
Spanish: Piranga roja
Swedish: sommartangara

Links to more studies from ConservationEvidence.com

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