Hepatic Tanager

Piranga hepatica hepatica

Classification

Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cardinalidae

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). Etymology The common name hepatic means "liver-coloured", namely, brownish-red.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 25Mexico · 3

Sources and credits

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Hepatic Tanager

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