Flame-colored Tanager

Piranga bidentata

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Cardinalidae
Genus
Piranga
eBird Code
flctan

Vocalizations

stevemerkley · CC_BY_4_0
Nestor Herrera · CC_BY_4_0
Henggang Cui · CC0_1_0
Kalvin Chan · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (4)

  • Piranga bidentata bidentata

    western Mexico (Sonora and Chihuahua to Guerrero and Morelos)

  • Piranga bidentata citrea

    highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama

  • Piranga bidentata flammea

    Tres Marías Islands (off western Mexico)

  • Piranga bidentata sanguinolenta

    eastern Mexico (Nuevo León and Tamaulipas) to El Salvador

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.