Birds of Cuba - Piranga


Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) Male Hotel Cataratas Rio Celeste, Bijagua, Costa Rica
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) Female Zafra Reserva Natural, Antioquia, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) Female Flor del Loto, Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Northern migrant. Females have darker wings than the similar Summer Tanager. The Scarlet Tanager migrates to south Peru, further south than most.
Additional photo.
A different type of immature male with dark black wings and a yellow body.


Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Male ProAves Chestnut-capped Piha Reserve, Anorí, Antioquia, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra rubra) Female ProAves Cerulean Warbler Reserve, San Vicente de Chucuri, Santander, Colombia
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Northern migrant. The immature male is yellow with blotches of red. Female similar to Scarlet Tanager but with lighter yellower wings.
Immature Male

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba

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