Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (31)
- Monotypic
Jocelyn Hudon
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1999
Text last updated January 1, 1999
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Червеноглава танагра |
| Catalan | piranga cara-roja |
| Croatian | žutotrba piranga |
| Dutch | Dennentangare |
| English | Western Tanager |
| English (United States) | Western Tanager |
| Estonian | loode-leeklind |
| French | Piranga à tête rouge |
| French (Canada) | Piranga à tête rouge |
| German | Kiefernkardinal |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Tangara tèt wouj |
| Icelandic | Glæsitáni |
| Japanese | ニシフウキンチョウ |
| Norwegian | vestpiranga |
| Polish | piranga żółtorzytna |
| Russian | Желтоплечая пиранга |
| Serbian | Zapadna tangara |
| Slovak | piranga čiernochrbtá |
| Spanish | Piranga Carirroja |
| Spanish (Chile) | Piranga de cara roja |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Tangara Carirroja |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Cardenal del oeste |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Tanagra del Oeste |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Piranga Occidental |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Tanagra Amarilla Cara Roja |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Piranga Capucha Roja |
| Spanish (Panama) | Tangara Carirroja |
| Spanish (Spain) | Piranga carirroja |
| Swedish | brandkardinal |
| Turkish | Batılı Piranga |
| Ukrainian | Піранга жовтогуза |
Piranga ludoviciana (Wilson, 1811)
PROTONYM:
Tanagra ludoviciana
Wilson, 1811. American Ornithology or, the Natural History of the Birds of the United States: Illustrated with Plates Engraved and Colored from Original Drawings taken from Nature 3, p.27 pl.20 fig.1.
TYPE LOCALITY:
prairies of the Missouri, between the Osage and Mandan nations [= about two miles north of Kamiah, Idaho County, Idaho], fide Davis and Stevenson, 1934, Condor, 36, p. 163.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- PIRANGA
- ludoviciana / ludovicianum / ludovicianus
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‡: extinct
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Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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