Birds · La Saladita, Guerrero

Summer Tanager

Piranga rubra

Spanish: Tángara roja

Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
Photographed by zihuadean on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

The summer tanager is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family (Thraupidae), it and other members of its genus are now classified in the cardinal family (Cardinalidae). The species's plumage and vocalizations are similar to other members of the cardinal family.

TaxonomyAves › Passeriformes › Cardinalidae
Local records15 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records52,926 on iNaturalist
Most recent records2021 – 2025
Months of the 8 most recent records
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Recent local sightings

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Cite as: “Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/piranga-rubra/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.