Western tanager Piranga ludoviciana

Identification Tips:

• Pointed, but fairly stout, pale bill
• Inhabits treetops

Adult male alternate:

• Bright red face
• Yellow neck, underparts, rump and shoulder
• Black back, wings and tail
• White wing bar

Adult female:

• Yellow head and underparts
• Olive-gray back
• Gray wings with white wing bars
• Basic and immature plumages similar to female

Similar species:

The male Western Tanager is striking and easily identified. Females can be told from other female tanagers by the white wing bars. Female orioles are thinner-billed and longer-tailed.