Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
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The Scarlet Tanager is a medium-sized American songbird with a brilliant scarlet red plumage (male) and yellowish underparts (female). It has black wings and tail, and is known for its direct flight and distinctive song. The bird is approximately 8 inches in size.
Field marks
- Length
- 8 in · 20 cm
- Colours
- Black · Green · Red · Yellow
- Wings
- Rounded
- Tail
- Notched · Rounded · Square-tipped
- In flight
- Direct Flight · Flitter · Hovering
- Movement
- Migratory
- World population
- 2.6 million