Female Western Tanager Females and young males are less showy, sporting muted yellow bodies with black wings and a grey back. Check out the vibrant tanager species you should know.

Western tanagers migrated northward from Costa Rica and Panama this spring, appearing locally in large numbers in May. They are usually found in small flocks, often mixed with black-headed grosbeaks.

Western tanagers have been a common sight along the Clark Fork River in downtown Missoula recently. The sparrow-size songbirds have migrated up from the Amazon Basin to nest in the conifer forests ...

The western tanager competes strongly for the most beautiful bird in Idaho. Mountain bluebirds, lazuli buntings, black-headed grosbeaks, calliope hummingbirds, ...

Western tanagers are migratory birds that are present in Northern California in the spring and again in late summer. A new study shows that observations by 'citizen scientists' using apps such as ...

The western tanager, in contrast, has been described as a “robin with a sore throat,” with a song that is quite similar in pattern to that of the more common bird, but hoarser in tone.

At a glance, the male western tanager looks like a little flame, its ruby head blending seamlessly into its bright, lemon-colored body. Females are less showy, a dusty yellow. The birds spend ...

The offspring of a rose-breasted grosbeak and a scarlet tanager, found in western Pennsylvania, is the "first-ever documented hybrid of its kind." ...