- tanager - any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males
--1 is a kind of oscine, oscine bird
--1 is a member of Thraupidae, family Thraupidae
--1 has particulars:scarlet tanager, Piranga olivacea, redbird, firebird; western tanager, Piranga ludoviciana; summer tanager, summer redbird, Piranga rubra; hepatic tanager, Piranga flava hepatica