Flame-colored Tanager
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Cardinals and Allies

Flame-colored Tanager

Piranga bidentata

LCLeast Concern
Family
Cardinals and Allies (Cardinalidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

The flame-colored tanager (Piranga bidentata), formerly known as the stripe-backed tanager, is a medium-sized American songbird in the family Cardinalidae, the cardinals or cardinal grosbeaks. It is found from Mexico throughout Central America to northern Panama and occasionally in the United States; four subspecies are recognized. The flame-colored tanager is 18 to 19 cm (7.1 to 7.5 in) long, the male having predominantly red-orange while the female is more yellowish orange.

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Last updated September 29, 2026.