Scarlet Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Breeding male
- Distinctive with brilliant red plumage contrasting with black wings and tail
- Bulging silver-gray bill
- Dark eye
- Short tail
- © Danny Bales, June 2011
Scarlet Tanager
Female
- Greenish-yellow overall with bright yellow on face and throat
- Long, slender, dull olive wings
- Bulging olive-gray bill
- © Jim Mcree, ME, Bangor, September 2010
Scarlet Tanager
Breeding male
- Brilliant scarlet body and head with striking black wings and taill
- Thick gray bill
- Short tail
- Dark eye
- © Danny Bales, April 2010
Scarlet Tanager
Female
- Olive/yellow overall with brighter yellow on face and throat
- Dullest on back and wings
- Short tail
- Bulging gray/olive bill
- © edgc211, CT, Storrs, May 2008
Scarlet Tanager
Breeding Male
- Striking, unmistakable red and black contrasting plumage
- Thick, silver/gray bill
- Long, pointed wings and short tail
- © Joel DeYoung, MI, Ottawa County, June 2010
Scarlet Tanager
Nonbreeding male
- Similar to female but with black wings
- Brighter yellow/olive on face and breast
- © Yvonne, September 2011
Similar Species
Breeding Male
- Larger than Scarlet Tanager
- Longer, heavier bill
- Bright rosy red overall with no contrasting plumage
- © Andy Jordan, High Island, TX, April 2011
Female
- Similar to female Scarlet Tanager but larger
- Longer, heavier bill
- Olive/yellow coloration more uniform overall with fewer dull and bright patches
- © Ali Iyoob, June 2009
Female
- © Ernest Gaudreau, Botanical Gardens, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA, September 2010