Western Tanager
by Cindy Murphy - NightVisions
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Western Tanager
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Cindy Murphy - NightVisions
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This Western Tanager was waiting to take a bath in our pond in north Idaho. Very pretty bird, I don't see them too often. The western tanager (Piranga ludoviciana), is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family (Thraupidae), it and other members of its genus are now classified in the cardinal family (Cardinalidae).[2] The species's plumage and vocalizations are similar to other members of the cardinal family.
Adults have pale stout pointed bills, yellow underparts and light wing bars. Adult males have a bright red face and a yellow nape, shoulder, and rump, with black upper back, wings, and tail; in non-breeding plumage the head has no more than a reddish cast and the body has an olive tinge. Females have a yellow head and are olive on the back, with dark wings and tail. NBird15 4636
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July 22nd, 2015
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