Summer tanager male

Adults have stout pointed bills and measure 17 cm in length and 29 g in weight. Adult males are rose red; females are orangish on the underparts and olive on top, with olive-brown wings and tail. As with all other birds, all red and orange colorations are acquired through their diet.
The Summer Tanager has an American Robin-like song, similar enough that novices sometimes mistake this bird for that species.