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title: "Piranga żółtorzytna"
description: "Piranga ludoviciana — Ptaki. The western tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) is a medium-sized American songbird."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/western-tanager
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Piranga żółtorzytna

> Piranga ludoviciana — Ptaki. The western tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) is a medium-sized American songbird.

- Scientific name: *Piranga ludoviciana*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 38357
- Wikidata: [Q384342](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q384342)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9919](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9919)

## Names

- en: Western Tanager
- de: Kieferntangare
- es: Piranga capucha roja
- fr: Piranga à tête rouge
- pt: Sanhaço-ocidental
- pl: Piranga żółtorzytna

## Countries with the most observations

US (24861), MX (6398), CA (3742), SV (246), GT (135), NI (65), HN (41), CR (36)

## Summary

The western tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family (Thraupidae), it and other members of its genus are classified in the cardinal family (Cardinalidae). The species' plumage and vocalizations are similar to other members of the cardinal family.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_tanager

## Photo

![Piranga żółtorzytna](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/western-tanager/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dorothy Johnson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66094166

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/western-tanager?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).