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Flame-colored Tanager

Piranga bidentataOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Tanagers (Thraupidae)

Codes: Common Name: FCTA Scientific Name: PIRBID ITIS Taxonomic No.: 179891

Head

Topo Map: Perching-like Head

Bill Shape: All-purpose
Eye Color: Dark brown to brown-black.
Head Pattern: Plain, Special (unique patterns or features)
Crown Color: Red-orange
Forehead Color: Red-orange
Nape Color: Red-orange
Throat Color: Red-orange
Cere color: No Data

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Body

Topo Map: Perching-like Body

Length Range: 18 cm (7.25 in)
Weight: 34 g (1.2 oz)
Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
Color: Red, White, Black, Gray
Underparts: Red-orange and yellow.
Upperparts: Brown and black streaked.
Back Pattern: Striped or streaked
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

Flight

Topo Map: Perching-like Flight

Flight Pattern: Swift flight with rapid wing beats.
Wingspan Range: 28-30 cm (11-12 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Pointed Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid
Upper Tail: Black with white corners.
Under Tail: Red-yellow
Leg Color: Black

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Flame-colored Tanager

Flame-colored Tanager: Tropical tanager, flame red-orange body, black wings with white wing bars and spots, black-streaked back. Face has pale gray-tinged ear patch bordered with black. Bill is gray, legs, feet are black. Swift, direct flight. It is the national bird of Puerto Rico.

● Song: "chick-churee-chuwee", "pr-reck"

● Foraging & Feeding: Flame-colored Tanager: Feeds on insects and fruits. Forages from middle to high levels in trees; gleans insects from branches and foliage.

● Breeding & nesting: Flame-colored Tanager: Two to five green to blue eggs with gray and brown speckles are laid in a cup nest made of sticks, conifer needles, rootlets, and grass, and lined with finer materials. Nest is built on a tree branch 15 to 50 feet above the ground. Incubation ranges from 13 to 14 days and is carried out by the female.

● Similar species: Flame-colored Tanager: Western Tanager has yellow body, red head, and pink-yellow bill.

Flight Pattern

Swift flight with rapid wing beats.

● Range & Habitat: Flame-colored Tanager: Resident in Mexico, visits mountains of southwest Texas and nests in southeastern Arizona. Preferred habitats include humid coniferous, oak, and pine-oak forests in mountains.

^BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester

^PopulationCasual

^MigrationNonmigratory

^Weight1.2 Ounces

Perching-like Head

Perching-like Body

Perching-like Flight

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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