Male © Bradley Hacker 🦜 eBird S50812176 Macaulay Library ML 130495031
Male © Nigel Voaden
Female © Chris Wood
Female © Chris Wood
Male © Mark Patry

Red-headed Tanager Piranga erythrocephala

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Identification

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Fairly small tanager of pine-oak and tropical forest in foothills and highlands of Mexico; endemic. Found mainly in the canopy, usually in pairs or small groups that sometimes join mixed-species feeding flocks. Distinctive male has brilliant red head (with small black mask), greenish upperparts, and yellow underparts. Female is rather drab greenish and yellow overall with dusky gray cheeks. Female looks similar to female Hepatic Tanager but much smaller with smaller, stubbier bill and paler belly. Calls are high twitters similar to Bushtit.

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