Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Tanagers and Allies :: Scarlet Tanager

Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea

Described by: Gmelin (1789)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Boone County Cliffs, Boone County, Kentucky, USA - May 9, 2005 © William Hull  Boone County Cliffs, Boone County, Kentucky, USA - May 9, 2005 © William Hull  Central Park, New York, New York, USA - May 15, 2004 © Glen Tepke  Lincoln Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA - May 7, 2003 © Kanae Hirabayashi  Lincoln Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA - May 7, 2003 © Kanae Hirabayashi 
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Range

E. Canada from se. Manitoba, w. and s. Ontario, sw. Quebec, New Brunswick, and e. United States from e. North Dakota and e. Maine s. to e. Nebraska, e. and c. Kansas, e. Oklahoma, Arkansas, wc. Tennessee, ec. Mississippi, n. and c. Alabama, n. Georgia, nw. South Carolina, w. North Carolina, c. Virginia, and Maryland.
Winters s. to upper Amazonia.

Videos

Point Pelee National Park, Essex County, Ontario, Canada - May 10, 2002 Source: William Hull
Description: Female perched on a branch.

Burnet Woods, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - Apr 25, 2002 Source: William Hull
Description: Male perched on a branch high in a tree.

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: NatureSound Studio
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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