monaco eye birds

Hepatic Tanager

Hepatic Tanager - Piranga hepatica
Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Panama, El Valle, May 2010

Bird name: Hepatic Tanager
Latin: Piranga hepatica
Other:
Family: ThraupidaeTanagers - now Cardinalidae
Range: W USA to Central America, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
Similar: Female White-lined Tanager, Olive Tanager

The female Hepatic Tanager is yellow and male, below, is red - greyish around eye. I relied on the guide for identification of these.

Hepatic Tanager - Piranga hepatica
Hepatic Tanager - Piranga hepatica
Hepatic Tanager - Piranga hepatica
Hepatic Tanager - Piranga hepatica


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