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Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
29.2611, -94.8501
Field Notes
Description:
Adult Description
Medium-sized songbird.
Male entirely red; female dull yellow.
The male is entirely bright red. Wings slightly darker or more gray, especially in winter
The female has its upperparts plain yellowish olive green. Brighter yellow on crown and rump. Underparts dull yellow, with olive green wash on sides. Wing feathers grayish brown with yellow edging. Some females have red feathers. The red may be as a wash on body feathers, splotches of red feathers, or, rarely, the bird may be entirely red.The
immature resembles adult female. First spring male with variable amount of red and yellow feathers; may have only a few red feathers on head, or may be entirely red except for the wing feathers.
Habitat:
Breeds in deciduous forests in eastern part of range, especially open woods and near gaps.
In Southeast, breeds in pine-oak forests.
In West, uses riparian woodlands.
Winters in wide range of open and second-growth habitats.
Notes:
i found this bird at a park , its wing is broken tho . you can see how it is broken in the third picture.
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