Rose-throated tanager | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Cardinalidae |
Genus: | Piranga |
Species: | P. roseogularis
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Binomial name | |
Piranga roseogularis Cabot, 1846
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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.[2][3] The male has greyish plumage with a deep rose throat and crown, while the female is similar but for a yellow crown and throat.