Birds of Panama


Flame-colored Tanager (Piranga bidentata citrea) Male San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Flame-colored Tanager (Piranga bidentata citrea) Female San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


White-winged Tanager (Piranga leucoptera venezuelae) Venezuela
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White-winged Tanager (Piranga leucoptera ardens) Female Refugio los Volcanes, Bolivia
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.

Rare


Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) Photo credit: Pacific Southwest Region USFWS.
Photograph by U.S. Government employee (see below) Copyright and usage info This image is a work of a National Science Foundation employee, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.


Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) Female Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California,
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Tooth-billed Tanager (Piranga lutea desidiosa) Male ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Tooth-billed Tanager (Piranga lutea) Female ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Split from the Hepatic Tanager, a non-migratory version of the Summer Tanager. Look for a notch in the bill and a slightly darker and less flesh-colored bill than the Summer Tanager.


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
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Northern migrant. The immature male is yellow with blotches of red. Female similar to Scarlet Tanager but with lighter yellower wings.
Immature Male