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Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava) Cardinals and Allies (Cardinalidae) | |||||||||||||
Nordlig Ildtangar ~ Piranga Encinera ~ Caatingakardinal | |||||||||||||
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798
(1 photos)
2012-11-20 Cerro Guzmán (jal), Mexico
Subspecies: hepatica Male. Almost unmistakable in range. Summer Tanager has longer and paler bill and lacks the darker ear-coverts. Red-crowned Ant-tanager normally stays below the conifer-limit. |
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1069
(1 photos)
2013-07-11 Sierra Quila (jal), Mexico
Subspecies: hepatica Adult female. The smudgy cheek and the stout black bill are good field marks for the species. Seen with 1067. |
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1068
(1 photos)
2013-07-11 Sierra Quila (jal), Mexico
Subspecies: hepatica Adult male. Same as 1067. |
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1067
(1 photos)
2013-07-11 Sierra Quila (jal), Mexico
Subspecies: hepatica Adult male. Among the similar red species the male normally is rather significant with the brownish-red back and smudgy side to the head. In mixed pine-oak forest. |