Summer Tanager
Summer Tanager
Adult male
- Large, heavy-billed tanager
- Bright crimson red overall
- Pale-colored bill "inflated" at base
- © reddirtpics, OK, May 2011
Summer Tanager
Adult female
- Large, thick-billed tanager
- Yellow-green overall
- Pale, "inflated"-looking bill
- Green undertail
- © Ali Iyoob, NC, June 2009
Summer Tanager
Immature male
- Stocky, heavy-billed tanager
- Young males show patchy red and yellow-green throughout
- Bill appears "inflated" at base
- © Rolando Chavez, Tabasco, Mexico, April 2010
Summer Tanager
Adult male
- Stocky and heavy-billed
- Very large, pale bill
- Bright red overall
- Slight crested appearance
- © Cleber Ferreira, FL, Winter Park, October 2011
Summer Tanager
Adult female
- Stocky, heavy-billed tanager
- Dull yellow-green overall
- Bill appears "inflated
- Green on underside of tail
- © Andy K. Jordan, TX, Silver Leaf, September 2011
Summer Tanager
Immature male
- Stocky
- Patchy red and green throughout
- Thick, pale bill
- © Stephen Ramirez, TX, May 2011
Similar Species
Adult male
- Slightly larger than Summer Tanager
- Shorter, darker bill
- Dusky gray patch on cheek and back
- Red plumage more muted overall
- © Lois Manowitz, Madera Canyon, AZ, April 2011
Female
- Smaller and more compact than Summer Tanager
- Bill shorter, thinner, and darker
- Dusky gray wings
- © Laura Erickson, MN, August 2010
Breeding male
- Smaller and more compact than Summer Tanager
- Black wings and tail
- Smaller, darker bill
- © Danny Bales, June 2011
Adult female
- Smaller and more compact than Summer Tanager
- Gray wings with two bright wing-bars
- Smaller, darker bill
- © Nick Dean, Ridgefield NWR, WA, September 2012