---
title: "Summer Tanager"
description: "Piranga rubra — Aves. The summer tanager (Piranga rubra) is a medium-sized American songbird."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/summer-tanager
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Summer Tanager

> Piranga rubra — Aves. The summer tanager (Piranga rubra) is a medium-sized American songbird.

- Scientific name: *Piranga rubra*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 54254
- Wikidata: [Q1078246](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1078246)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9915](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9915)

## Names

- en: Summer Tanager
- de: Sommertangare
- es: Piranga roja
- fr: Piranga vermillon
- pl: Piranga pąsowa

## Countries with the most observations

US (30304), MX (9117), CO (3466), CR (3019), PA (1179), EC (563), HN (533), CA (476), NI (352), BZ (339), SV (250), GT (211)

## Summary

The summer tanager (Piranga rubra) is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family (Thraupidae), it and other members of its genus are now classified in the cardinal family (Cardinalidae). The species's 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/Summer_tanager

## Photo

![Summer Tanager](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/summer-tanager/medium.jpg)

Photo: Terry Brunholtz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/358139703

## Machine access

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