NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Tooth-billed Tanager
Piranga lutea (Lesson, 1834)
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.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Piranga lutea (Lesson, 1834)
- Name authority
- (Lesson, 1834)
- Common name
- Tooth-billed 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 lutea (Lesson, 1834)
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Flame-colored TanagerPiranga bidentata Swainson, 1827 | CardinalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| 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 |
| 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.
Middle America
South 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=997774 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:4J7PF. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.