tanager

tan·a·ger

T0033000 (tăn′ĭ-jər)n.1. Any of various songbirds of the family Thraupidae of the Americas, often having brightly colored plumage in the male.2. Any of various similar birds of the family Cardinalidae, such as the scarlet tanager.

[New Latin tanagra, alteration of Portuguese tangará, from Tupí tanagorá.]

tanager

(ˈtænədʒə) n (Animals) any American songbird of the family Thraupidae, having a short thick bill and a brilliantly coloured male plumage[C19: from New Latin tanagra, based on Tupi tangara]

tan•a•ger

(ˈtæn ə dʒər)

n. any of numerous New World songbirds of the subfamily Thraupinae (family Emberizidae), the males of which are brightly colored. [1835–45; < New Latin tanagra (Linnaeus), alter. of Tupi]

Thesaurus

Noun

tanager - any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored malesoscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatusfamily Thraupidae, Thraupidae - tanagersfirebird, Piranga olivacea, redbird, scarlet tanager - the male is bright red with black wings and tailPiranga ludoviciana, western tanager - of western North America; male is black and yellow and orange-redPiranga rubra, summer redbird, summer tanager - of middle and southern United States; male is deep rose-red the female mostly yellowhepatic tanager, Piranga flava hepatica - common tanager of southwestern United States and Mexico

Translations

tangara

tanager

(tăn`əjər), any of the small, migratory perching birds of the family Thraupidae, chiefly of the tropical New World. Only five species migrate to North America; of these the scarlet tanager (Piranga olivacea) has the widest range in the United States. It is about 7 in. (18 cm) long. As in most tanagers, only the male has brilliant plumage; it is scarlet with black wings, tail, and beak. The song of the scarlet tanager is less melodious than that of the rosy-red summer tanager (P. rubra) of the South. The male western, or Louisiana, tanager (P. ludoviciana) is yellow, black, and red. Females of these species are olive green above and yellow below. Darwin's finchesDarwin's finches
or Galapagos finches
, species of small perching birds, constituting the subfamily Geospizinae of the tanager family. Not related to the true finches, this group of at least fifteen species is confined to the Galápagos Islands, except for a
..... Click the link for more information. , originally classified as finches, are in fact members of the tanager family. Tanagers are classified in the phylum ChordataChordata
, phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals.
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Passeriformes, family Thraupidae.

tanager

Related to tanager: summer tanager

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Words related to tanager

noun any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males

Related Words

oscine
oscine bird
family Thraupidae
Thraupidae
firebird
Piranga olivacea
redbird
scarlet tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
western tanager
Piranga rubra
summer redbird
summer tanager
hepatic tanager
Piranga flava hepatica