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Scarlet tanager, male

Piranga olivacea

Photo by Maria dB
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Field Notes

Description:

While the males are red with black wings, the females are olive yellow in color. This one was in a very shadowed wooded area.

Habitat:

Grandfather Mountain State Park

Reference Links:

Scarlet Tanager, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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