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Photo by Jvhigbee
Spanaway, Washington, USA, May 2005

Piranga ludoviciana

[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

Female
Photo by eaglehaslanded
Portland, Oregon, USA, May 2008

Adult Female:

• Yellow head and underparts
• Olive-grey back
• Grey wings with white or yellowish 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

This species is monotypic.^[1]

[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

[edit] Diet

Insects, fruit, and some buds.

[edit] Vocalisation

Song is similar to American Robin in its short, fluty phrases rendered with a pause between phrases.
Call is A dry pit-r-ic

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.

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