Hepatic tanager

Hepatic tanager
male in Arizona
female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cardinalidae
Genus: Piranga
Species:
P. hepatica
Binomial name
Piranga hepatica
(Swainson, 1827)

The hepatic tanager (Piranga hepatica) is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family (Thraupidae), it and other members of the genus Piranga are now classified in the cardinal family (Cardinalidae).

  1. ^ BirdLife International. (2019). "Piranga hepatica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T103811627A138437427. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T103811627A138437427.en. Retrieved 28 April 2024.