Scarlet Tanager
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| Scarlet Tanager | |
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| Adult male | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Suborder: | Passeri |
| Infraorder: | Passerida |
| Superfamily: | Passeroidea |
| Family: | Cardinalidae |
| Genus: | Piranga |
| Species: | P. olivacea |
| Binomial name | |
| Piranga olivacea (Gmelin, 1789) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Piranga erythromelas |
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The Scarlet Tanager is a bird that lives in North America. It likes to make its nests in oak trees that are as high as from 8 to 75 feet (2.6 to 22.5 m) tall. The nests are shaped like cups, like most tree-nesting birds to prevent eggs from rolling out.[1]
References [change]
- ↑ Edward S. Brinkley (2000). Creatures of the Air and Sea. Singapore: Reader's Digest Children's Books. pp. 31. ISBN 0-7944-0353-0.
