Hepatic Tanager
Piranga flava

f5.6 @ 1/4000s, ISO:800, Nikon D3S w 500mm


"Hepatic Tanager," Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The hepatic tanager is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family (Thraupidae), it and other members of its genus are now classified in the cardinal family (Cardinalidae). The species' plumage and vocalizations are similar to other members of the cardinal family. The common name hepatic means "liver-coloured", namely, brownish-red.[3] The specific name flâva is Latin for yellow or golden. The habits of the hepatic tanager are similar to those of the western tanager. It ranges from the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico, and locally in southern California and Colorado) to northern Argentina.
Madera Canyon, Green Valley, Arizona
 
04/30/2018