Piranga flava 7½″ (19 cm). Male: Darker than Summer Tanager; orange-red, with a dark ear patch, blackish bill. Male Summer Tanager is rosier, has a pale yellow bill. Female: Known from female Summer Tanager by its more orange-yellow throat, gray ear patch, blackish bill.

Voice: Song, very similar to Black-headed Grosbeak's (Summer Tanager sounds more like a Robin). Call note, a single chuck.

Range: Breeds sw. U.S. to Argentina. Winters mainly south of U.S. Map .

Habitat: Open mountain forests, oaks, pines.

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