Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra · Cardinals and Allies
The Summer Tanager is a striking songbird, with males displaying a vibrant rose-red plumage. Females and immature birds exhibit warm yellow to yellow-green tones, providing effective camouflage within the foliage. This species is known for its distinctive chuckling call and its specialized diet of stinging insects.
Explore the full field guideMigratoryMedium-sizedWhistled songInsectivorous
1 call·first heard Jul 7·last 96d ago
When it's heardpeak 1p · fall
5a12p9p
How to know it
- Entirely brilliant rose-red plumage with a large, pale bill.
- Overall warm orangish-yellow, sometimes described as mustard-yellow, with a pale bill.
- Often shows a patchy mix of yellow and red plumage during its first spring.
- Both sexes have a noticeably large, thick, blunt-tipped, pale bill.