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[[Image:DSC 1335w filtered.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Breeding male<br />Photo ©  by {{user|s_linste|s_linste}}<br />Montreal, [[Quebec]], May 2007]]
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[[Image:DSC 1335w filtered.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by s_linste<br />Photo taken: Montreal, Quebec .]]
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;[[:Category:Piranga|Piranga]] olivacea
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==Identification==
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7 1/2" (19 cm). <br />
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'''Adult male''' in breeding plumage is brilliant scarlet except on wings and tail which are black. Non-breeding adult male is olive green with yellower underside retaining the black wings and tail.
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'''Adult female''' is a duller version of the non-breeding male, bill darker and wings less contrasty to back.
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[[Image:Scarlet_Tanager_Non-breeding_by_Muskrat.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Non-breeding male<br />Photo © by {{user|Muskrat|Muskrat}}<br />Northeast [[Pennsylvania]], September 2004]]
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During late summer or early autumn, some of the males may show a patchwork plumage of red and green as they undergo a molt to olive green, except for their wings and tails, which remain black throughout the winter.
  
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==Identification==
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'''Immature males''' (and possibly sometimes adult males in non-breeding plumage) can have a wash of orange more or less unevenly distributed mostly on breast and rump<sup>[[#References|2]]</sup>.
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7 1/2" (19 cm). In breeding plumage, male brilliant scarlet with black wings and tail. In nonbreeding plumage, female and male olive green; male has black wings.
 
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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Breeds from extreme southeastern Canada to east-central United States. Winters in tropics.
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[[North America|North]] and [[South America]]:
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==Voice==
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Breeds in the northern 2/3 of eastern [[United States]] and in extreme southern [[Canada]] just north of the US range. Seen south of this range in the US and [[Mexico]] on migration, and rarely elsewhere in US and Canada. <br />
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Song a hurried, burry, repetitive warble, somewhat like that of a robin.<br/>Call note an emphatic, nasal chip-bang.
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Winters in [[South America]] east of the Andes from [[Colombia]] to [[Bolivia]] and western [[Brazil]], and rarely in [[Panama]].
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==Taxonomy==
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[[Image:610-04342fg Female Scarlet Tanager.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo ©  by {{user|bobsofpa|bobsofpa}}<br />Birding Center, Port Aransas, [[Texas]], [[USA]], April 2010]]
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
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==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Chiefly mature woodlands, especially oak and pine.
 
Chiefly mature woodlands, especially oak and pine.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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The brilliantly colored male Scarlet Tanager gleams in the sunlight but is often difficult to see in thick foliage, especially if the bird is motionless or moving slowly from branch to branch high up in the tree canopy. It is conspicuous only when perched on a dead tree limb or when feeding on the ground during a cold, rainy spell. During late summer or early autumn, some of the males may show a patchwork plumage of red and green as they undergo a molt to olive green, except for their wings and tails, which remain black throughout the winter.
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====Diet====
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This species spends most of its time high in the canopy eating mostly insects.
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==Nesting==
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====Breeding====
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3 or 4 brown-spotted greenish eggs in a shallow nest of twigs and stems lined with grass and placed on a horizontal branch.
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Three or four brown-spotted greenish eggs are laid in a shallow nest of twigs and stems lined with grass and placed on a horizontal branch.
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====Vocalisation====
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'''Song''': Hurried, burry, repetitive warble, somewhat like that of a robin. Delivered from a height.<br />
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'''Call''': emphatic, nasal ''chip-bang'' or ''chip-burr''
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==Gallery==
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Click on photo for larger image
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<gallery>
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Image:IMG 25906.JPG|Juvenile<br />Photo ©  by {{user|tetoneon|tetoneon}}<br />[[New Jersey]], [[USA]], July 2013
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Image:ScTanagerflight.jpg|Flight<br />Photo ©  by {{user|RonHW|RonHW}}<br />Austin, [[Texas]], [[USA]], September 2007
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</gallery>
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug19}}# [http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=124574&highlight=scarlet+tanager Thread] in Birdforum Id Forum discussing a bird with orange wash; read October 2008.
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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{{GSearch|Scarlet+Tanager}}
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Search the Gallery using the scientific name:
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{{GSearch|"Piranga olivacea" {{!}} "Scarlet Tanager"}}
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Piranga]]

Latest revision as of 01:08, 3 July 2023

Breeding male
Photo © by s_linste
Montreal, Quebec, May 2007
Piranga olivacea

Identification

7 1/2" (19 cm).
Adult male in breeding plumage is brilliant scarlet except on wings and tail which are black. Non-breeding adult male is olive green with yellower underside retaining the black wings and tail.

Adult female is a duller version of the non-breeding male, bill darker and wings less contrasty to back.

Non-breeding male
Photo © by Muskrat
Northeast Pennsylvania, September 2004

During late summer or early autumn, some of the males may show a patchwork plumage of red and green as they undergo a molt to olive green, except for their wings and tails, which remain black throughout the winter.

Immature males (and possibly sometimes adult males in non-breeding plumage) can have a wash of orange more or less unevenly distributed mostly on breast and rump2.

Distribution

North and South America: Breeds in the northern 2/3 of eastern United States and in extreme southern Canada just north of the US range. Seen south of this range in the US and Mexico on migration, and rarely elsewhere in US and Canada.
Winters in South America east of the Andes from Colombia to Bolivia and western Brazil, and rarely in Panama.

Taxonomy

Female
Photo © by bobsofpa
Birding Center, Port Aransas, Texas, USA, April 2010

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Chiefly mature woodlands, especially oak and pine.

Behaviour

Diet

This species spends most of its time high in the canopy eating mostly insects.

Breeding

Three or four brown-spotted greenish eggs are laid in a shallow nest of twigs and stems lined with grass and placed on a horizontal branch.

Vocalisation

Song: Hurried, burry, repetitive warble, somewhat like that of a robin. Delivered from a height.
Call: emphatic, nasal chip-bang or chip-burr

Gallery

Click on photo for larger image

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Thread in Birdforum Id Forum discussing a bird with orange wash; read October 2008.

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