#1335 · 🐦 birds

Western Tanager

🇳🇱 Louisianatangare ·Piranga ludoviciana

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The western tanager ( Piranga ludoviciana ), 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.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 38,941iNaturalist observations
weight 3.4 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
38,941 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 3 g.
Scientifically named by Alexander Wilson in 1811 (215 years ago).