Hepatic tanager
Piranga flava
Identification Tips:
- Length: 6.75 inches
- Pointed, but fairly stout, dark bill
- Inhabits treetops
Adult male:
- Red plumage, brightest on underparts
- Dark cheeks
Adult female:
- Orange-yellow underparts
- Dark cheeks
- Olive back
- Gray wings and tail
- Immature plumage similar to female
Similar species:
The male Hepatic Tanager can be told from the similar male Summer Tanager
by its dark bill and cheeks. Scarlet Tanager has black wings and tail.
Female plumage can be told from similar female Summer Tanager by the darker
cheeks and bill. Female Western Tanager has wing bars. Female Scarlet
Tanager has more yellow underparts and a paler cheek.
Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc.