In southeastern Arizona, beware of confusing the western with the flame-­colored tanager, which has 2 white wing bars, a striped red-and-black back, white tips to the tertials, and white-tipped ...

and the Summer Tanager’s plumage is red all over. It’s with the Flame-colored Tanager that things get a bit complicated since their chests are almost the same hue of orange. To tell them apart ...

“That color is unmistakable! It sure catches your eye against the green of the trees.” Did you know: Four cousins of the western tanager—scarlet, summer, hepatic and flame-colored—fly to ...