Female © Scott Olmstead
Male © Daniel Garza Tobón
Female/immature male © Ken Langelier
Female © Brooke Miller
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Male © Charles Thomas
Habitat © Josep del Hoyo

Flame-colored Tanager Piranga bidentata

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Identification

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Fairly common in oak and pine-evergreen forests in foothills and highlands; a few descend in winter to lowlands of west Mexico. Forages mainly at middle to upper levels where often quiet and overlooked easily. Note the bold white wingbars, big white tertial and tail spots, and dark streaks on back. Male flame-orange in west Mexico and deeper orange-red in east Mexico and Central America. Female told from female Western Tanager by gray bill, bolder white wing markings, and streaked back. Calls and song very like Western Tanager.

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