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Tanagers

9 Bird Species

Black-faced Grassquit

Small, dark, and sparrow-like with a stubby conical bill. Short tail and dark legs. Male blackish on head and breast, with olive-green upperparts. Female pale gray belly and breast with gray head and olive-gray upperparts. more...

Length: 11 cm Wingspan: 18 cm

Flame-colored Tanager

Rare north of Mexican border. Adult male is golden-orange overall, with yellowish-red underparts, black wings and tail, streaked back, white and yellow spots on wings, deep orange head, diffuse black auricular patch, and black bill. Adult female has less orange. Western Tanager lacks orange except on more...

Length: 20 cm Wingspan: 31 cm

Hepatic Tanager

Adult male is deep reddish overall with dusky-red wings and tail, back feathers edged with gray, bright red underparts, dusky-red flanks, bright red crown and throat, grayish auriculars, and stout, dark bill. Adult female is yellow-orange, not red, with bright throat and forehead, gray ear patch, gre more...

Length: 20 cm Wingspan: 32 cm

Morelet's Seedeater

This tiny finch is distinguished by its short wings, rounded tail, and stubby bill with curved culmen. Male: Upperparts are dark olive with black mottling. The crown, wings, and tail are more solidly black. The wings show two white wing bars and a white patch at the base of the primaries. A buffy col more...

Length: 11 cm Wingspan: 20 cm

Scarlet Tanager

Alternate adult male is almost entirely bright red with plain black wings and tail, black eye, and a short, heavy, gray bill. In basic plumage, the red is replaced by greenish-yellow plumage in; note unmarked black wings. Female is similarly olive-green overall, with dark grayish wings. Summer Tanage more...

Length: 18 cm Wingspan: 29 cm

Summer Tanager

This large tanager often raises its crown feathers into a slight crest. Adult Male: Uniform rose or orangish-red overall. The thick bill ranges from light gray to horn colored. First Spring Male: Mustard yellow with variable amounts of rose red, especially on the head and breast. Adult Female: Dull m more...

Length: 19 cm Wingspan: 28 cm

Western Spindalis

A small, colorful Caribbean tanager, rare in Southern Florida. Adult male has boldly striped black-and-white head, reddish-orange breast and nape, gray flanks and belly, dark olive-green or black back, black wings with conspicuous white shoulder and white-edged wing feathers, orange rump, and black t more...

Length: 17 cm Wingspan: 24 cm

Western Tanager

This is the only tanager over most of the West with wing bars. Alternate Male: Bright yellow overall, with black back, wings, and tail. The upper wing bar is yellow, while the lower is white. The head is hooded with bright red. The extent of this hood is variable, and the edges are blurry. Basic Male more...

Length: 17 cm Wingspan: 28 cm

Yellow-faced Grassquit

Distinctive, dark grassquit. Two subspecies have been recorded in North America, T. o. pusillus (mainland) and T. o. olivaceus (Caribbean.) Mainland adult male has a dark-brown head with black face and edges of throat. Bright yellow supercilium and throat. Extensive black breast. Dark olive-brown bod more...

Length: 11 cm Wingspan: cm