Genus
Piranga (Piranga tanagers)
Piranga rubra. Photo: (c) Josh Vandermeulen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
Piranga is a genus of birds long placed in the tanager family, but now considered members of the cardinal family, Cardinalidae. The genus name Piranga is from Tupi Tijepiranga, the name for an unknown small bird.
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