Listen to the Red-hooded tanager
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About the Red-hooded tanager
The Red-hooded tanager is a bird in the family Cardinalidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 36 g.
What does the Red-hooded tanager sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
The recordings here are labelled as call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The red-hooded tanager (Piranga rubriceps), is a medium-sized American songbird in the family Cardinalidae, the cardinals or cardinal grosbeaks. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Related birds in the genus Piranga
More from the family Cardinalidae
Northern cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Indigo bunting
Passerina cyanea
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
Rose-breasted grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Pyrrhuloxia
Cardinalis sinuatus
Black-headed grosbeak
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Lazuli bunting
Passerina amoena
Black-backed grosbeak
Pheucticus aureoventris
Red-crowned ant tanager
Habia rubica
Frequently asked questions
What does a Red-hooded tanager sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Red-hooded tanager on this page, including its call. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the Red-hooded tanager endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Red-hooded tanager as “least concern”.
What family does the Red-hooded tanager belong to?
The Red-hooded tanager (Piranga rubriceps) belongs to the family Cardinalidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: above Río Blanco, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q2226559 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Red-hooded tanager – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Robert Lewis – CC BY-SA 2.0