Asa Wright Nature Centre
            
               15,21Feb2018
          
         
            
               Restless but unwary...White lines
               on wings only visible in flight
               ...female is strikingly different.
          
         
            
               Tachyphonus rufus
            
               (L 7" Wt 1.2 oz)
          
         
            
               Tachyphonus in Greek means
               fast sound; rufus means
               brownish-red.
          
         
            
               Four tanager species are found in
               North America; 240 species are
               found world-wide.
            
               
(Amy Lawrence)
          
         
         
            
               © Bret M
               Whitney
            
               Macaulay
               Library