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Piranga olivacea
Scarlet Tanager
Natchez Trace Parkway
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Unknown
Abundance:	Common

Scientific Name with Authority:		Piranga olivacea (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Passeriformes, Family Cardinalidae, Genus Piranga, Species Piranga olivacea


Park Tags:
ParkTag -


Threatened/Endangered Status:		SC
State Species of Concern Status:		AL: SP
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		AL: S5B; MS: S2?B; TN: S4
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 3 Data Store References, 0 External Links


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Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site	Anacostia Park
Antietam National Battlefield	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park	Assateague Island National Seashore
Baltimore-Washington National Parkway	Big Bend National Park
Big Cypress National Preserve	Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
Big Thicket National Preserve	Biscayne National Park
Blue Ridge Parkway	Bluestone National Scenic River
Booker T. Washington National Monument	Buffalo National River
Cabrillo National Monument	Canaveral National Seashore
Cape Cod National Seashore	Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Cape Lookout National Seashore	Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
Carlsbad Caverns National Park	Catoctin Mountain Park
Channel Islands National Park	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park	Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Colonial National Historical Park	Congaree National Park
Cowpens National Battlefield	Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Cumberland Island National Seashore	Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Death Valley National Park	Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Dry Tortugas National Park	Effigy Mounds National Monument
Eisenhower National Historic Site	Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
Everglades National Park	Fire Island National Seashore
First State National Historical Park	Fort Caroline National Memorial
Fort Circle Parks	Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Fort Matanzas National Monument	Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fort Sumter National Historical Park	Fort Washington Park
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park	Friendship Hill National Historic Site
Gateway National Recreation Area	Gauley River National Recreation Area
George Washington Birthplace National Monument	George Washington Memorial Parkway
Gettysburg National Military Park	Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Grand Canyon National Park	Grand Portage National Monument
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site	Great Falls Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Greenbelt Park
Guadalupe Mountains National Park	Gulf Islands National Seashore
Harmony Hall	Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site	Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site	Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
Hot Springs National Park	Indiana Dunes National Park
Isle Royale National Park	Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Johnstown Flood National Memorial	Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens	Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Kings Mountain National Military Park	Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Little River Canyon National Preserve	Mammoth Cave National Park
Manassas National Battlefield Park	Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site	Minute Man National Historical Park
Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas	Missouri National Recreational River
Monocacy National Battlefield	Moores Creek National Battlefield
National Capital Parks	National Capital Parks-East
National Mall and Memorial Parks	New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Ninety Six National Historic Site	Niobrara National Scenic River
Obed Wild and Scenic River	Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument	Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Run
Oxon Run National Parkway	Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Padre Island National Seashore	Pea Ridge National Military Park
Petersburg National Battlefield	Petrified Forest National Park
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore	Pipestone National Monument
Piscataway Park	Point Reyes National Seashore
Prince William Forest Park	Richmond National Battlefield Park
Rock Creek Park	Rocky Mountain National Park
Russell Cave National Monument	Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway	Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument	San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area	Shenandoah National Park
Shiloh National Military Park	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Stones River National Battlefield	Suitland Parkway
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial	Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
Valley Forge National Historical Park	Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
Vicksburg National Military Park	Virgin Islands National Park
Voyageurs National Park	Weir Farm National Historical Park
White Sands National Park	Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
Wupatki National Monument


Last Modified Date:	2/26/2007

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 9/26/2025 8:38:36 AM

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