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Summer Tanager

Piranga rubra

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Primary Traits

FamilyCardinalidae
OrderPasseriformes
RealmLN
HabitatForest
DietInvertebrate
FlightFlies
Average mass

28.8 g

Elevation

0 m - 2,500 m

Data points

49

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Identity and Taxonomy

Scientific identity, taxonomic placement, and source lineage.

Scientific name

Piranga rubra

English name

Summer Tanager

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Cardinalidae

Genus

Piranga

Species

rubra

Data source

TAN, BOTW, D07

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Conservation and Range

Threat status and geographic distribution signals.

Conservation status

Least Concern

Range restricted

No

Island endemic

No

Biogeographic realm

LN

Latitudinal zone

Tropical-Temperate

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Measurements

Mass and elevation values from the stored record.

Minimum female mass

22 g

Maximum female mass

32 g

Minimum male mass

24 g

Maximum male mass

38 g

Minimum unsexed mass

28 g

Maximum unsexed mass

No data

Average mass

28.8 g

Minimum elevation

No data

Typical lower elevation

0 m

Typical upper elevation

2,500 m

Maximum elevation

3,100 m

Elevation range

2,500 m

Typical elevation

1,250 m

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Ecology

Habitat, diet, and specialization profile.

Primary habitat

Forest

Habitat breadth

4

Primary diet

Invertebrate

Diet breadth

2

Diet specialization index

1.1

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Behavior and Reproduction

Breeding, nesting, incubation, and social traits.

Social behavior

Social, Singly and pairs, Solitary

Mating system

Monogamous

Cooperative breeding

Solitary breeder

Nest type

Cup/Bowl

Nest substrate

Tree

Minimum broods per year

1

Maximum broods per year

2

Minimum clutch size

3

Maximum clutch size

4

Incubating sex

Female

Minimum incubation period

11 d

Maximum incubation period

12 d

Minimum fledging period

8 d

Maximum fledging period

12 d

Nest parasitism

Victim of Parasitism

Average clutch size

3.5

Average fledging period

10 d

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Mobility and Flight

Flight ability and movement pattern.

Flight status

Flies

Mobility patterns

Migratory