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Piranga ludoviciana

Photo by Jvhigbee
Photo taken: Spanaway, Washington, USA.

[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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