• Welcome to BirdForum, the internet's largest birding community with thousands of members from all over the world. The forums are dedicated to wild birds, birding, binoculars and equipment and all that goes with it.

    Please register for an account to take part in the discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.
Where premium quality meets exceptional value. ZEISS Conquest HDX.

summer tanager

  1. Summer Tanager

    Summer Tanager

    Colored like a strawberry and lemon sherbet popsicle. This SY (second calendar year) male has completed a partial first pre-alternate molt. Most of the juvenile wings and tail have been retained from the previous year. In the fall it will undergo a complete pre-basic molt into an all red plumage.
    • jmorlan
    • Media item
    • piranga rubra summer tanager texas usa
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: North America
  2. Summer Tanager

    Summer Tanager

    A stunning adult male feeding on an orange put out by volunteers. Males take two years to reach this all red plumage after which they keep it all year. There is no drab winter plumage. Presumably the smaller, brighter, more migratory eastern race (P. r. rubra).. Western populations average...
    • jmorlan
    • Media item
    • piranga rubra summer tanager texas usa
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  3. Summer Tanager

    Summer Tanager

    This is a female, distinguished from female Scarlet Tanager by its larger size, warmer orange-yellow color, larger bill lacking "tooth" and paler, less contrasting wings and tail.
    • jmorlan
    • Media item
    • piranga rubra summer tanager texas usa
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: North America
  4. Summer Tanager

    Summer Tanager

    The only completely red bird in USA
    • Craig Thayer
    • Media item
    • summer tanager
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: North America
  5. Summer Tanager

    Summer Tanager

    Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra rubra) A young male transitioning into adult plumage.
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • cameron county east sheepshead street piranga rubra rubra south padre island summer tanager texas usa
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: North America
  6. Summer Tanager

    Summer Tanager

    This is a female, distinguished from female Scarlet Tanager by its larger size, warmer orange-yellow color (not green), larger bill and paler, non-contrasting wings. Note also the lack of an obvious projecting "tooth" extending down from the cutting edge of the bill.
    • jmorlan
    • Media item
    • piranga rubra summer tanager texas usa
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  7. Summer Tanager

    Summer Tanager

    This stunning adult male, spent a long time posing on the sidewalk trying to eat this large wasp. It kept dropping the wasp and picking it up, evidently trying to remove the wings. I would appreciate if somebody can identify the wasp. The tanager was completely oblivious to the crowd of birders...
    • jmorlan
    • Media item
    • piranga rubra summer tanager texas usa
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: North America
  8. Summer Tanager

    Summer Tanager

    I believe this is an SY (second calendar year) male having completed its first prealternate molt. They remind me of red & yellow sherbet popsicles. In the fall it will molt into all red definitive adult plumage. This is the smaller, brighter, more migratory eastern race (P. r. rubra). Note the...
    • jmorlan
    • Media item
    • piranga rubra summer tanager texas usa
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: North America
  9. Summer Tanager (2nd summer male)

    Summer Tanager (2nd summer male)

    Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra rubra) 2nd summer male.
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • cameron county piranga rubra rubra south padre island south padre island birding and nature center summer tanager texas usa
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: North America
  10. Summer Tanager (female)

    Summer Tanager (female)

    Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra rubra) female.
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • harlingen hidalgo county hugh ramsey nature park piranga rubra rubra summer tanager texas usa
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: North America
  11. Summer Tanager

    Summer Tanager

    • njlarsen
    • Media item
    • carolina sandhills nwr piranga rubra summer tanager
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: North America
  12. Summer Tanager (male)

    Summer Tanager (male)

    Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra rubra) male.
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • alajuela province boca tapada costa rica laguna del lagarto lodge piranga rubra rubra summer tanager
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  13. Summer Tanager (1st winter male)

    Summer Tanager (1st winter male)

    Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra rubra) 1st winter male.
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • alajuela province arenal observatory lodge costa rica parque nacional volcán arenal piranga rubra rubra summer tanager
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  14. Summer Tanager (female)

    Summer Tanager (female)

    Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra rubra)) female.
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • costa rica heredia heredia province hotel bougainvillea piranga rubra rubra summer tanager
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  15. Summer Tanager (male)

    Summer Tanager (male)

    Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra rubra) male.
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • alajuela province boca tapada costa rica laguna del lagarto lodge piranga rubra rubra summer tanager
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  16. Summer Tanager (male)

    Summer Tanager (male)

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

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

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

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

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

    Summer Tanager

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

    Migrator

    Female Summer Tanager
    • KC Foggin
    • Media item
    • female myrtle beach sc summer tanager usa
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: North America
  21. Summer Tanager (male).jpg

    Summer Tanager (male).jpg

    Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra cooperi) male.
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • davis mountains state park fort davis jeff davis county summer tanager texas usa
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: North America
  22. Summer Tanager, male

    Summer Tanager, male

    I don't see this bird all year around. Always glad when they show up. Thanks for all your kind words on my last picture. Have a great day.
    • Deerbird
    • Media item
    • kentucky male summer tanager
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: North America
  23. 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
    • Media item
    • 1bb piranga rubra summer tanager texas usa
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  24. 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
    • Media item
    • piranga rubra summer tanager texas usa
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  25. 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
    • Media item
    • female kentucky piranga rubra summer tanager
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: North America
Back
Top