Listen to the Scarlet tanager
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About the Scarlet tanager
The Scarlet tanager is a bird in the family Cardinalidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Scarlet tanager sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call and song. 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 scarlet tanager (Piranga olivacea) is a medium-sized American songbird in the cardinal family (Cardinalidae). It was placed in the tanager family (Thraupidae) until 2009, but was moved to Cardinalidae following several genetic studies indicating the Piranga tanagers are more closely related to cardinals and their allies. Breeding males have bright red plumage with black wings and tails, while females are yellow-olive. Outside the breeding season, males develop plumage similar to that of females, although their wings and tails remain darker.
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 Scarlet tanager sound like?
You can hear 3 recordings of the Scarlet tanager on this page, including its call and song. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Scarlet tanager endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Scarlet tanager as “least concern”.
What family does the Scarlet tanager belong to?
The Scarlet tanager (Piranga olivacea) belongs to the family Cardinalidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call, song · Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park, Fillmore County… by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Napo: Napo Galeras, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park, Fillmore County… by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1193366 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Scarlet tanager – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by CheepShot – CC BY 2.0