scarlet tanager
noun
: a common American tanager (Piranga olivacea) with the male having scarlet plumage and black wings during the breeding season and the female having chiefly olive plumage
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Buyers were rarer than scarlet tanagers in New York, the market gnome and birdwatcher said.
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Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
The Bird House at the National Zoo is home to scarlet tanagers, indigo buntings and American yellow warblers.
—Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
Some earlier-than-expected arrivals included a green heron in Wellfleet, a scarlet tanager in Eastham, a black-and-white warbler in Sandwich, and indigo buntings in Yarmouth and Orleans.
—BostonGlobe.com, 26 Apr. 2023
Such species include the scarlet tanager, purple martin and Baltimore oriole.
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 May 2022
In the next sixty years, the range of one songbird, the scarlet tanager, will likely move north almost a thousand miles, into central Canada.
—Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2021
The top-seeded northern cardinal, which incidentally enjoys seeds very much, recently defeated the No. 4 scarlet tanager in a 73-20 first round blowout in the tourney’s Red Regional.
—Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com, 21 Mar. 2021
Other species, like the scarlet tanager, molt twice per year and regularly appear yellowish in the fall and winter and red in the summer.
—Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 12 Mar. 2021
Julio Cortez/Associated Press The adult male scarlet tanager is a medium-size songbird with glaring crimson feathers and jet-black wings.
—Jacey Fortin, New York Times, 29 May 2020
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Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
The Bird House at the National Zoo is home to scarlet tanagers, indigo buntings and American yellow warblers.
—Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
Some earlier-than-expected arrivals included a green heron in Wellfleet, a scarlet tanager in Eastham, a black-and-white warbler in Sandwich, and indigo buntings in Yarmouth and Orleans.
—BostonGlobe.com, 26 Apr. 2023
Such species include the scarlet tanager, purple martin and Baltimore oriole.
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 May 2022
In the next sixty years, the range of one songbird, the scarlet tanager, will likely move north almost a thousand miles, into central Canada.
—Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2021
The top-seeded northern cardinal, which incidentally enjoys seeds very much, recently defeated the No. 4 scarlet tanager in a 73-20 first round blowout in the tourney’s Red Regional.
—Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com, 21 Mar. 2021
Other species, like the scarlet tanager, molt twice per year and regularly appear yellowish in the fall and winter and red in the summer.
—Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 12 Mar. 2021
Julio Cortez/Associated Press The adult male scarlet tanager is a medium-size songbird with glaring crimson feathers and jet-black wings.
—Jacey Fortin, New York Times, 29 May 2020
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