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  • Synonyms Swainson's Tanager, Flame-coloured Tanager, Flame colored Tanager, Streak-backed Tanager, Stripe-backed Tanager, Striped Tanager, Flame coloured Tanager
  • Old latin name for bird Pyranga bidentata

Flame-colored Tanagerbird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Richard E. Webster
    Mexico
  • 2.
    Call, © Richard E. Webster
    Mexico
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    Call, © Richard E. Webster
    Mexico
  • 4.
    Call, © Matthew L. Brady
    Mexico
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    Call, © Guillermo Funes
    El Salvador
  • 6.
    Call, © Richard E. Webster
    Mexico
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    Song, © Richard E. Webster
    Mexico
  • 8.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Panama
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    Call, song, © Alfonso Auerbach
    Honduras
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    Song, © Peter Boesman
    Costa Rica
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    Call, © Richard E. Webster
    Mexico
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Flame-colored Tanager

  • Breeding region Middle America
  • Breeding subregion w Mexico to Panama

Flame-colored Tanager subspecies (4)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Piranga bidentata bidentatasw USA and nw, c Mexico-No
Piranga bidentata citreaCosta Rica and Panama-No
Piranga bidentata flammeaw Mexico-No
Piranga bidentata sanguinolentae Mexico to El Salvador-No

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
Catalanpiranga estriada
Chinese火领丽唐纳雀
Chinese (Traditional)焰領比藍雀
Croatianplamena piranga
Czechtangara červenohnědá, Tangara cervenohnedá
DanishPletvinget Ildtangar
DutchBloedtangare, Gevlamde Tangare
Estonianviirselg-leektangara, kiriselg-leeklind
Finnishliekkitangara
FrenchTangara à dos rayé, Tangara rouge feu, Tangara de Swainson, Piranga à dos rayé
GermanBlutkardinal, Blut-Tangare, Bluttangare
IcelandicLogatáni
ItalianTanagra flammea, Tanagra formichiera flammea, Piranga color di fiamma
Japaneseホノオフウキンチョウ
Lithuanianugninė piranga
Norwegianflammepiranga, Flammetanagar
Norwegian NynorskFlammepiranga
Polishpiranga ognista
Portuguesesanhaço-estriado, piranga-estriada
RussianОгненная пиранга
Slovakpiranga ohnivá
SpanishPiranga estriada, Quitrique de Espalda Rayada, Tángara Dorsirrayada, Tangara Dorsirrayada, Piranga rayada, Tanagra color de llama, Piranga Dorso Rayado, Tángara Dorso Rayado
Swedishfläckvingad kardinal, Fläckvingad tangara
TurkishAlevli Piranga
Ukrainianпіранга вогниста