Perching

Hepatic Tanager

Piranga flava
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Length: 8 in. (20 cm )
Nesting in mountainous pine and oak woodlands, the Hepatic Tanager stays high in the tree crowns. Here it gleans and flies out to catch insects from the vegetation but in the later summer includes more fruits in its diet. The nest is made of loose grass and moss and placed high on a horizontal branch.

The four-digit banding code is HETA.

Male | Robert Shantz

Female | Jim Burns



Fir forest

Oak-pine woodland
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Sex of Bird: Male
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  • Article: Hepatic Tanager
  • Author(s): Dr. Biology
  • Publisher: Arizona State University School of Life Sciences Ask A Biologist
  • Site name: ASU - Ask A Biologist
  • Date published: July 13, 2017
  • Date accessed: November 18, 2024
  • Link: https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/hepatic-tanager

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Dr. Biology. (2017, July 13). Hepatic Tanager. ASU - Ask A Biologist. Retrieved November 18, 2024 from https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/hepatic-tanager

American Psychological Association. For more info, see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/10/

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Dr. Biology. "Hepatic Tanager". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 13 July, 2017. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/hepatic-tanager

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Dr. Biology. "Hepatic Tanager". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 13 Jul 2017. ASU - Ask A Biologist, Web. 18 Nov 2024. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/hepatic-tanager

Modern Language Association, 7th Ed. For more info, see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/
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