Rose-throated Tanager (Piranga roseogularis)
About the Rose-throated Tanager
The rose-throated tanager (Piranga roseogularis) is a medium-sized songbird in the family Cardinalidae, the cardinals or cardinal grosbeaks. Endemic to the Yucatán Peninsula in Central America, it is found in Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico. The male has greyish plumage with a deep rose throat and crown, while the female is similar but for a yellow crown and throat. American ornithologist Samuel Cabot III described the rose-throated tanager in 1846, having seen a pair in the Yucatán Peninsula and shooting the male. A 2019 genetic study using mitochondrial DNA showed that it was a basal (early offshoot) of a lineage that gave rise to the scarlet, hepatic, summer, western and flame-colored tanagers.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 21 recordings for this species: 1 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Guatemala, Mexico in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Red-hooded TanagerPiranga rubricepsrecording
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacearecording
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubrarecording
- Tooth-billed TanagerPiranga lutearecording
- Western TanagerPiranga ludovicianarecording
- White-winged TanagerPiranga leucopterarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.