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The Summer Tanager Piranga rubra is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family Thraupidae, it and other members of its genus are now classified in the cardinal family Cardinalidae. The species plumage and vocalizations are similar to other members of the cardinal family.
Adults have stout pointed bills and measure 6.7 inches in length and 1.0 oz in weight. Adult males are rose; females are orangish on the underparts and olive on top, with olive-brown wings and tail.

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