🐦Scarlet tanager
The scarlet tanager is a medium-sized American songbird. Until 2009, it was placed in the tanager family (Thraupidae), but it and other members of its genus have since been classified as belonging to the cardinal family (Cardinalidae). The species' plumage and vocalizations are similar to other members of the cardinal family, although the Piranga species lacks the thick conical bill that many cardinals possess. The species resides in thick deciduous woodlands and suburbs.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.
- Body mass
- 0.03 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 12 years
Everything we know about the Scarlet tanager
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.03 kgAVONETOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 0.03 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length0.06 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Wing length0.09 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Beak length0.02 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tarsus length0.02 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan12 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation13 daysAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 4AnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelCarnivoreAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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HabitatForestAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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LifestyleInsessorialAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Scarlet tanager yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderPasseriformes
- ›familyCardinalidae
- ›genusPiranga
- ›speciesPiranga olivacea
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- orderPerching birds · Passeriformes
- genusPiranga
All 11 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- orderPerching birds · Passeriformes
- genusPiranga
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