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Tanager

/ˈtænədʒə(ɹ)/

Any of numerous species of often colorful passerine birds that inhabit New World forests, formerly all within the family Thraupidae, but now with some species placed in other families with birds such as finches and cardinals.

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Any of numerous species of often colorful passerine birds that inhabit New World forests, formerly all within the family Thraupidae, but now with some species placed in other families with birds such as finches and cardinals.

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scarletnoun	A brilliant red colour sometimes tinged with orange.
ant tanagernoun	Any birds of the genera Habia or Driophlox.
grassquitnoun	Any of several small tropical birds now placed in the tanager family Thraupidae (but previously in Emberizidae), common in the West Indies and in countries of Central and South America around the Caribbean Sea.
ant-tanagernoun	Alternative form of ant tanager. [Any birds of the genera Habia or Driophlox.]
tchagranoun	Any of the birds in the genus Tchagra, found in the dry forests and savannahs of the Afrotropics.
thraupidnoun	(zoology) Any of the tanagers and related birds in the family Thraupidae.
swallow tanagernoun	Tersina viridis, a tanager found widely throughout South America.
tyrant flycatchernoun	Any of a group of passerine birds, of family Tyrannidae, that inhabit the Americas.
turaconoun	Any of the birds of the family Musophagidae in the Musophagiformes order with vivid colouring and prominent crest.
hepatic tanagernoun	A bird native to the Americas, Piranga flava
honeycreepernoun	Any of the Hawaiian honeycreepers, passerine songbirds of Hawaii.
titmousenoun	Any small passerine bird mostly of the genus Baeolophus, which are found in the woods of the Northern Hemisphere and of Africa.
firebirdnoun	(Slavic mythology) A magical and prophetic glowing or burning bird from a faraway land, which is both a blessing and a harbinger of doom to its captor
toucannoun	Any of various neotropical frugivorous birds from the family Ramphastidae, with a large colorful beak.
antbirdnoun	Any of various drab-colored South American birds of the family Thamnophilidae that feed on ants.
beryl-spangled tanagernoun	Tangara nigroviridis, a species of songbird found in the Andes mountains.
barbthroatnoun	Any of the birds in the genus Threnetes, found in Central America and South America.
tauraconoun	Alternative form of turaco. [Any of the birds of the family Musophagidae in the Musophagiformes order with vivid colouring and prominent crest.]
new world flycatchernoun	Any of various passerine birds of the American family Tyrannidae.
turacounoun	Alternative form of turaco. [Any of the birds of the family Musophagidae in the Musophagiformes order with vivid colouring and prominent crest.]