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Tanagers (Thraupidae)


Summer Tanager

Piranga rubra

Male's song variable in length. It is reminiscent of the American robin's song, and is similar to the scarlet tanager's song but is less raspy. Here is a first spring male singing from high in a vine-covered cottonwood tree. (Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana.)
Habitat: Found near edges or gaps in open deciduous forest or pine-oak woods.
Songs and calls of related birds (Thraupidae).

Scarlet Tanager

Piranga olivacea

Male sings in the forest canopy sounding something like a hoarse Robin. (Five songs of four birds, Albany and Schoharie Counties, New York.)
Habitat: Deciduous forest.

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