Flame-colored tanager
Piranga bidentata
The flame-colored tanager , formerly known as the stripe-backed tanager, is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family , it and other members of its genus are now classified in the cardinal family . The species's plumage and vocalizations are similar to other members of the cardinal family.
A tropical passerine bird, the flame-colored tanager is found in the mountains of Mexico, and throughout Central America to northern Panama; it is occasionally seen in the United States in the mountains in the southeast corner of Arizona, the southwest of New Mexico and Sonora , and also the southwest corner of Texas.
A tropical passerine bird, the flame-colored tanager is found in the mountains of Mexico, and throughout Central America to northern Panama; it is occasionally seen in the United States in the mountains in the southeast corner of Arizona, the southwest of New Mexico and Sonora , and also the southwest corner of Texas.
