The most famous and recognizable member of the group is the scarlet tanager. An adult male is unmistakable in summer: brilliant scarlet red, with black wings and tail. The female is more subtly ...

Voice: Males sing a hoarse robin like song. The calls include a rough pi-ter-rik. Scarlet Tanagers are the Eastern counterpart of the Western Tanager. Breeding males are bright red with black ...

Some may have dull red mixed in the plumage or may lack orange tones, resembling quite closely immature female scarlet tanagers. First-year male: mixture of red and greenish yellow, sometimes ...

The western is the only regular North American tanager with wing bars. Note its yellow underwing linings in flight. Its bill is small for a Piranga, larger in size than the scarlet’s ...