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piranga rubra

  1. He fooled me

    He fooled me

    I immediately thought it was a female Summer Tanager but when I expanded it I saw the red starting on its front so realized it was an immature male.
    • KC Foggin
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    • immature summer tanager piranga rubra
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: North America
  2. Summer Tanager (male)

    Summer Tanager (male)

    Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra rubra)
    • Stanley Jones
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    • canopy lodge cocle province el valle de anton panama piranga rubra río guayabo subsp. rubra summer tanager
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  3. C48FFC56-CD0A-423B-A070-CC7E4E35981D.jpeg

    C48FFC56-CD0A-423B-A070-CC7E4E35981D.jpeg

    Male Summer Tanager
    • HECUBUS
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    • 12dt male piranga rubra summer tanager
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  4. E1F4AF75-69C1-43EE-81D9-274994FBB1E7.jpeg

    E1F4AF75-69C1-43EE-81D9-274994FBB1E7.jpeg

    Female Summer Tanager
    • HECUBUS
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    • 1dt female piranga rubra summer tanager
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
  5. Summer Tanager

    Summer Tanager

    It was sitting in a relatively dark spot with a lot of light on the background.
    • njlarsen
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    • big morongo california piranga rubra summer tanager usa
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: North America
  6. Summer Tanager

    Summer Tanager

    Grounded by a cold front, this is an adult male of the smaller, brighter, more migratory eastern race (P. r. rubra). Note the bright red color and smaller bill. Western populations average duller and paler. Genetics have found that the North American tanagers in the genus "Piranga" are actually...
    • jmorlan
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    • piranga rubra summertanager texas usa
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: North America
  7. Summer Tanager

    Summer Tanager

    The males take two years to acquire the all red plumage of adults. This is an immature (first alternate plumage) hatched in 2020 with a patchy mixture of bright red and mustard-yellow recalling the colors of sherbet.
    • jmorlan
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    • 1bb piranga rubra summer tanager texas usa
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  8. Summer Tanager

    Summer Tanager

    This is a female. Note the more olive colored back and mustard yellow underparts characteristic of the eastern nominate subspecies. Western populations average duller and paler. Genetics have found that the North American tanagers in the genus "Piranga" are actually not related to the colorful...
    • jmorlan
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    • piranga rubra summer tanager texas usa
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  9. Summer Tanager, female. Piranga rubra

    Summer Tanager, female. Piranga rubra

    She was eating suet that was hanging on the tree. Many birds in my area likes the suet that I put out.---Thanks for your kind words on my last picture.
    • Deerbird
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    • female kentucky piranga rubra summer tanager
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: North America
  10. Female or Male Juvenile Tanager.jpg

    Female or Male Juvenile Tanager.jpg

    I wish I could show more of the Sherbert Ice Cream-looking bird but the stay was very short and this was picked out of the one set of pictures I could get off.
    • Danielbirdwatcher
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    • piranga rubra summer tanager
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: North America
  11. Summer Tanager Male Piranga rubra.jpg

    Summer Tanager Male Piranga rubra.jpg

    His visit was very short and I'm surprised generally they stay a few days.
    • Danielbirdwatcher
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    • piranga rubra summer tanager
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: North America
  12. Summer Tanager, male

    Summer Tanager, male

    I don't see the Scarlet Tanager year around.
    • Deerbird
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    • male piranga rubra summer tanager
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: North America
  13. Summer Tanager juvenile

    Summer Tanager juvenile

    almost exactly half-way between the red male and the yellow female !
    • max1
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    • juvenile/immature piranga rubra summer tanager juvenile
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  14. Summer Tanager (female)

    Summer Tanager (female)

    Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra subsp. rubra ) Female, species sexually dimorphic. Canopy Lodge, El Valle de Antn, Cocl Province, Panam. Tropical rainforest/cloud forest becoming a more broadleaf evergreen forest with fewer deciduous trees at ca. 596 m (1,955 ft) elevation adjacent to Ro Guayabo.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • canopy lodge piranga rubra summer tanager
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  15. Summer Tanager (male)

    Summer Tanager (male)

    Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra subsp. rubra ) Male, species sexually dimorphic. Canopy Lodge, El Valle de Antn, Cocl Province, Panam. Tropical rainforest/cloud forest becoming a more broadleaf evergreen forest with fewer deciduous trees at ca. 596 m (1,955 ft) elevation adjacent to Ro Guayabo.
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • canopy lodge piranga rubra summer tanager
    • Comments: 21
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  16. Summer Tanager (female)

    Summer Tanager (female)

    Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra subsp. rubra) Female, species sexually dimorphic. South Padre Island Convention Center, South Padre Island, Cameron County, Texas, USA. Barrier Island, small coastal woodland adjacent to Laguna Madre at ca. 1 m (6.6 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • cameron county piranga rubra south padre island summer tanager texas usa
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: North America
  17. Summer Tanager (male)

    Summer Tanager (male)

    Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra subsp. rubra) First spring male, species sexually dimorphic. Transitioning from juvenile to adult plumage. South Padre Island Convention Center, South Padre Island, Cameron County, Texas, USA. Barrier Island, small coastal woodland adjacent to Laguna Madre at ca. 1...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • cameron county piranga rubra south padre island summer tanager texas usa
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: North America
  18. Summer Tanager

    Summer Tanager

    • Raul Padilla
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    • piranga rubra
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  19. Summer Tanager (female)

    Summer Tanager (female)

    Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra subsp. rubra) Female, species sexually dimorphic. Perched in a Hackberry tree (Celtis laevigata) eating hackberry fruits. Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, Chambers County, Texas, USA. Small patch of coastal woods surrounded by gulf prairies and marshes at ca. 2...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • anahuac national wildlife refuge chambers county piranga rubra summer tanager texas usa
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: North America
  20. Summer Tanager (male)

    Summer Tanager (male)

    Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra subsp. rubra) Male, species sexually dimorphic. Perched in a Hackberry tree (Celtis laevigata) eating Red Mulberry fruits (Morus rubra). Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, Chambers County, Texas, USA. Small patch of coastal woods surrounded by gulf prairies and...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • anahuac national wildlife refuge chambers county piranga rubra summer tanager texas usa
    • Comments: 21
    • Category: North America
  21. Summer Tanager (male)

    Summer Tanager (male)

    Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra subsp. cooperi) Male, species sexually dimorphic. Photographed at Sam Nail Ranch, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas, USA. A small oasis with a windmill providing water for wildlife and plants alike at ca. 1,122 m (3, 680 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • big bend national park brewster county piranga rubra subsp. cooperi summer tanager texas usa
    • Comments: 22
    • Category: North America
  22. Summer Tanager (male)

    Summer Tanager (male)

    Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra subsp. rubra) Male, species sexually dimorphic. Photographed along the waterfall trail at La Paz Waterfall Garden, Vera Blanca, Heredia Province, Costa Rica. Southern-slope of Pos Volcano. Submontane cloud forest at ca. 1,585 m (5,200 ft) elevation. I would like...
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • costa rica heredia province piranga rubra summer tanager vera blanca
    • Comments: 24
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  23. Summer Tanager (first spring male)

    Summer Tanager (first spring male)

    Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra subsp. rubra) Male (first spring male), species sexually dimorphic. Photographed on the grounds of Hotel Bougainvillea, Santo Domingo, Heredia Province, Costa Rica. Urban setting, manicured grounds with a mix of native and horticultural plants at ca. 1,158 m (3,800...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • costa rica. heredia province piranga rubra santo domingo summer tanager
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  24. Summer Tanager

    Summer Tanager

    • njlarsen
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    • bosque del apache new mexico piranga rubra usa
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  25. Summer Tanager (female)

    Summer Tanager (female)

    Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra rubra) Photographed in El Valle de Antn, Cocl Province, Panama. Ro Guayabo riparian, surrounded by secondary humid forest at ca. 622 m (2,042 ft) elevation. Species sexually dimorphic.
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • panama piranga rubra summer tanager
    • Comments: 20
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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