Birds of the World


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


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


Red-headed Tanager (Piranga erythrocephala) Male Range: MA: Mexico Reserva Chara Pinta, Sinaloa, Mexico
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.


Red Tanager (Piranga flava saira) Male Range: SA: s Guyana through e Brazil to Argentina Santa Catarina, Brazil
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza © All Rights Reserved.


Red Tanager (Piranga flava saira) Female Range: SA: s Guyana through e Brazil to Argentina Botanical Gardens of Brasilia, Brazil
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte © All Rights Reserved.

One of several non-migratory versions of the Summer Tanager, sometimes grouped as the Hepatic Tanager. The Red Tanager is found in southeast South America.


Hepatic Tanager (Piranga hepatica) Range: NA, MA: w USA to Nicaragua Madera Canyon, Arizona, United States
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Hepatic Tanager (Piranga hepatica) Female Range: NA, MA: w USA to Nicaragua Loberas, Sinaloa, Mexico
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.


White-winged Tanager (Piranga leucoptera venezuelae) Range: MA, SA: e Mexico to Bolivia Venezuela
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White-winged Tanager (Piranga leucoptera ardens) Female Range: MA, SA: e Mexico to Bolivia Refugio los Volcanes, Bolivia
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.

Rare


Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) Range: NA: w, c Canada through w USA to extreme nw Mexico Photo credit: Pacific Southwest Region USFWS.
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Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) Female Range: NA: w, c Canada through w USA to extreme nw Mexico Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California,
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Tooth-billed Tanager (Piranga lutea desidiosa) Male Range: MA, SA: Costa Rica to Bolivia ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Tooth-billed Tanager (Piranga lutea) Female Range: MA, SA: Costa Rica to Bolivia 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 Range: NA: sc, se Canada to se USA Hotel Cataratas Rio Celeste, Bijagua, Costa Rica
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) Female Range: NA: sc, se Canada to se USA Zafra Reserva Natural, Antioquia, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) Female Range: NA: sc, se Canada to se USA 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.


Rose-throated Tanager (Piranga roseogularis) Range: MA: Mexico to Guatemala Cenote Las Mojarras, Quintana Roo, Mexico
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Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Male Range: NA, MA: s USA and n Mexico ProAves Chestnut-capped Piha Reserve, Anorí, Antioquia, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra rubra) Female Range: NA, MA: s USA and n Mexico 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


Red-hooded Tanager (Piranga rubriceps) Range: SA: Colombia to Peru Otún Quimbaya Wildlife Sanctuary, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Scarce canopy species. Female similar but slightly less red and without red on chest.