NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Flame-colored Tanager
Piranga bidentata Swainson, 1827
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The flame-colored tanager (Piranga bidentata), formerly known as the stripe-backed tanager, is a medium-sized American songbird in the family Cardinalidae, the cardinals or cardinal grosbeaks. It is found from Mexico throughout Central America to northern Panama and occasionally in the United States; four subspecies are recognized. The flame-colored tanager is 18 to 19 cm (7.1 to 7.5 in) long, the male having predominantly red-orange while the female is more yellowish orange.
Wikipedia contributors, Flame-colored tanager; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:49:07.470957+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Piranga bidentata Swainson, 1827
- Name authority
- Swainson, 1827
- Common name
- Flame-colored Tanager
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Cardinalidae
- Genus
- Piranga
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyCardinalidae
- genusPiranga Vieillot, 1808
- speciesPiranga bidentata Swainson, 1827
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Piranga. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | CardinalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Summer TanagerPiranga rubra (Linnaeus, 1758) | CardinalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-hooded TanagerPiranga rubriceps G. R. Gray, 1844 | CardinalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana (A. Wilson, 1811) | CardinalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-headed TanagerPiranga erythrocephala (Swainson, 1827) | CardinalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hepatic TanagerPiranga flava (Vieillot, 1822) | CardinalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hepatic TanagerPiranga hepatica Swainson, 1827 | CardinalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-winged TanagerPiranga leucoptera Trudeau, 1840 | CardinalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tooth-billed TanagerPiranga lutea (Lesson, 1834) | CardinalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rose-throated TanagerPiranga roseogularis S. Cabot, 1846 | CardinalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
North America
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=179891 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4J7P8. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.