What is Scarlet tanager?
{{Taxobox | name = Scarlet tanager | image = Piranga olivacea1.jpg | image_width = 300px | image_caption = Adult male | status = LC | status_system = iucn3.1 | regnum = [[Animalia]] | classis = [[Aves]] | ordo = [[Passeriformes]] | subordo = [[Passeri]] | infraordo = [[Passerida]] | familia = [[Cardinalidae]] | genus = ''[[Piranga]]'' | binomial = ''Piranga olivacea''}} The '''scarlet tanager''' (''Piranga olivacea'') is a bird that lives in the [[Americas]]. It likes to make its [[bird nest|nests]] in oak trees that are as high as from 8 to 75 feet (2.6 to 22.5 m) tall. The nests are shaped like cups, like most tree-nesting birds. This stops eggs from rolling out.<ref>{{cite book |title= Creatures of the air and sea|author=Edward S. Brinkley|year= 2000|publisher= Reader's Digest Children's Books|location= Singapore|isbn= 0-7944-0353-0|pages= 31|url= }}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{-}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Passeri]] [[Category:Birds of North America]] [[Category:Birds of Central America]] [[Category:Birds of South America]]