Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Piranga rubra
Piranga Roja, Cardenal migratorio colorado, Summer Tanager
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Cardinalidae
Genus
Piranga
Species
rubra
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Vagrant
Distribution: A mummified adult male was found one in Española, an immature found dead in Daphne Major. There is a skin specimen in the Bartolome MECCD and photos of a female-plumaged bird in the Baltra CDRS archives Castro and Phillips (1996) reported a specimen on Wolf Island off Wolf Island
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- Harris, M.P. (1973) The Galápagos avifauna. Condor 75(3): 265-278.
- IUCN (2015) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 November 2015.
- Lévêque, R. Bowman, R.I. & Billeb, S.L.. (1966) Migrants in the Galapagos area. Condor 68(1): 81-101.
- Swash, A. Still, R. (2000) Birds, mammals, and reptiles of the Galapagos Islands, an identification guide. Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, 168 pp.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Piranga rubra", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5153. Accessed 22 April 2026.