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Western Tanager

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Piranga ludoviciana
Photo by JvhigbeePhoto taken: Spanaway, Washington, USA.
Photo by Jvhigbee
Photo taken: Spanaway, Washington, USA.

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[edit] Identification

L. 6.25 in. Both sexes have a pointed, but fairly stout, pale bill.

Breeding Male

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

Adult Female:

  • Yellow head and underparts
  • Olive-grey back
  • Grey wings with white wing bars

Non-breeding and Immature: Similar to adult female

[edit] Distribution

Breeds from Alaska southward to just north of Mexico and eastward to Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico; winters in the Central America; rare vagrant to the east coast of North America north to the maritime provinces of Canada.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Open coniferous forests of douglas fir, spruce, and pine, mixed woodlands with aspen trees, oak-pinyon woodlands of higher mountains. Also found in lowlands during migration.

[edit] Behaviour

  • Diet: Insects, fruit, and some buds.
  • Song: Robin-like in its short, fluty phrases rendered with a pause between phrases. Call: A dry pit-r-ic

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