Listen to the Summer tanager
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About the Summer tanager
The Summer tanager is a bird in the family Cardinalidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 29 g.
What does the Summer tanager sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
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 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.
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 Summer tanager sound like?
You can hear 4 recordings of the Summer tanager on this page, including its call. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the Summer tanager endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Summer tanager as “least concern”.
What family does the Summer tanager belong to?
The Summer tanager (Piranga rubra) belongs to the family Cardinalidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · Pichincha: La Buena Esperanza, Tumbaco, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Afton State Park, Washington County, Minnesota, United… by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Azuay: upper Yunguilla Valley, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Morona-Santiago: e-slope Cord. de Cutucú: Unnsuants, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1078246 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Summer tanager – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Mike's Birds – CC BY-SA 2.0