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Illustrated overview of this family of birds.
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Tanager family No one is quite sure what makes a tanager right now (see more detailed discussion below but as a Supreme Court justice once said about pornography I may not be able to define it, but I know it when I...Provides an image plus facts about this species' nesting, voice, and habitat.
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Western Tanager Found in lowlands during migration. Nesting: 3-5 speckled bluish-green eggs in a frail, saucer nest of woven rootlets, weeds and bark strips, saddled in fork of spruce, fir, or pine tree usually at low elevation Range: breeds from Alaska southward,...Range, breeding habitat, nest location, diet, and identifying traits.
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/Infocenter/i6090id.html
Physical characteristics, food habits, behavior, and habitat. Includes a photo.
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ADW: Piranga olivacea: Information These tanagers prefer tall deciduous woods mixed with hemlock and pines, but they occasionally inhabit wooded parks and large shade trees in residential areas. During winter they live in the treetops of Central and South America. Terrestrial Biomes: forest rainforest...Range, physical traits, and natural history. Includes sound files.
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ADW: Piranga rubra: Information Summer tanagers breed throughout the eastern United States south of southern Pennsylvania and northern Illinois, in the southwestern United States and in northern Mexico. They winter from central Mexico through northern South America, as far south as Bolivia and Brazil...