Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Hepatic Tanager

My last post was on the flame-colored tanager. I had photos of both a male and what may be a female flame-colored tanager, but iNaturalist is telling me that the female is a hepatic tanager. The female in this post is a female hepatic tanager which I saw in upper Madera Canyon in the Santa Rita Mountains. The primary difference between the two species is that the flame-colored has black and white wing bars and the hepatic does not. 





Illustration of a female from Birds of the World.

Illustration of a male from Birds of the World.

Range from Birds of the World. I note that they are found in California. Per AI, in the San Bernardino Mountains, close to home, and in the eastern Mojave Desert. 

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