White-lined Tanager
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)
female
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Whitney
Macaulay
Library
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