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Summer tanager taxonomy
The Cardinalidae is the family of cardinals and tanagers. The family Cardinalidae was first described by Robert Ridgway (July 2, 1850 – March 25, 1929), an American ornithologist, in the year 1901.The family Cardinalidae comprises about fourteen genera, including Piranga. The genus Piranga was first introduced by Louis Pierre Vieillot (May 10, 1748 – August 24, 1830), a French ornithologist, in the year 1808.
The genus Piranga comprises nine species, viz., Piranga rubriceps, Piranga erythrocephala, Piranga leucoptera, Piranga bidentata, Piranga ludoviciana, Piranga olivacea, Piranga flava, Piranga roseogularis and Piranga rubra.
The species Piranga rubra was first introduced (as Fringilla rubra) by Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist, in the year 1758.
The species Piranga rubra comprises two subspecies, viz., Piranga rubra rubra and Piranga rubra cooperi. The Piranga species were earlier grouped under the family Thraupidae.
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Piranga rubra |
| Species: | P. rubra |
| Genus: | Piranga |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Cardinalidae |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Summer tanager - Piranga rubra Image by Alejandro Bayer Tamayo |
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| 2.Summer tanager - Piranga rubra Image by Alejandro Bayer Tamayo |
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| 3.Summer tanager - Piranga rubra Image by Alejandro Bayer Tamayo |
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| 4.Summer tanager - Piranga rubra Image by Elizabeth Haslam |
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| 5.Summer tanager - Piranga rubra Image by Alejandro Bayer Tamayo |
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| 6.Summer tanager - Piranga rubra Image by Syd Phillips |
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| 7.Summer tanager - Piranga rubra Image by Åsa Berndtsson |
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| 8.Piranga rubra Image by Victor Quirós A |
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| 9.Piranga rubra Image by julian londono |
1.Summer tanager image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Piranga_rubra_(Cardenal_abejero)_-_Flickr_-_Alejandro_Bayer.jpg (cropped)
Author: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 12/1/18
2.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/alejobayer/15673629004/in/photostream/ (cropped)
Author: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 12/1/18
3.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Piranga_rubra_(Cardenal_abejero)_-_Flickr_-_Alejandro_Bayer_(1).jpg (cropped)
Author: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 12/1/18
4.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lizhaslam/8313129772/in/photostream/ (cropped)
Author: Elizabeth Haslam | License: CC BY-NC 2.0 as on 12/1/18
5.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/alejobayer/14002306826/ (cropped)
Author: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 12/1/18
6.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sydphi/5651483494/ (cropped)
Author: Syd Phillips | License: CC BY-NC 2.0 as on 12/1/18
7.Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/93892629@N07/31129750415/ (cropped)
Author: Åsa Berndtsson | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 12/1/18
8.Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Observaci%C3%B3n_de_aves_en_Sarapiqu%C3%AD.jpg (cropped)
Author: Victor Quirós A | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 12/1/18
9.Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/aralcal/4967136866/ (cropped)
Author: julian londono | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 12/1/18
Updated Dec 2, 2018
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