male; brick red; dark bill; greyish cheek patch (Arizona, USA; 2008-06-21)
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Hepatic Tanager
Piranga hepatica
Native Range:
North America and Central America.
Notes:
very similar to Summer Tanager but with a dark (rather than pale) bill; strong sexual dimorphism with the male being red-plumaged and the female being almost all olive-yellow with hints of red on the throat.
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