Western Tanager

Left: male Western Tanager. Right: female Western Tanager.

NPS Photo / Rachel Ames

Size: 6.5-7.5”
Description: Male is bright yellow overall with an orange-red head, black wings, yellow shoulder and white wing bar. The female is yellow-green overall with two white wing bars.
Migratory Status: Summer residents of Rocky Mountain National Park.
Habitat: Breed in ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir forests to 9,000 feet and occasionally 10,500 feet.
Diet: Eat mostly insects that they catch in mid-air or glean from tree leaves and branches.

 

• Western Tanager (song)

  
  

  Western Tanager song recorded on the Bridal Veil Falls Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park.

  Credit / Author:

  J. Job

  Date created:

  10/14/2020

 

• Western Tanager (call)

  
  

  Western Tanager call from two birds recorded at the Beaver Ponds in Rocky Mountain National Park.

  Credit / Author:

  J. Job

  Date created:

  10/14/2020

 

• Western Tanager (song)

  
  

  Western Tanager song recorded on the Bridal Veil Falls Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park.

  Credit / Author:

  J. Job

  Date created:

  10/14/2020

 

• Western Tanager (song)

  
  

  Western Tanager song recorded on the Cub Lake Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park.

  Credit / Author:

  J. Job

  Date created:

  10/14/2020

 

• Western Tanager (song)

  
  

  Western Tanager song recorded on the Bridal Veil Falls Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park.

  Credit / Author:

  J. Job

  Date created:

  10/14/2020

 

• Western Tanager (song)

  
  

  Western Tanager song recorded on the Cow Creek Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park. Note that a Dusky Flycatcher, Pine Squirrel and the buzz of a hummingbird flying by can be heard in the background.

  Credit / Author:

  J. Job

  Date created:

  10/14/2020

 

• Western Tanager (song)

  
  

  Western Tanager song recorded at Hollowell Park in Rocky Mountain National Park. Note that the buzz of a hummingbird flying by can also be heard in the recording.

  Credit / Author:

  J. Job

  Date created:

  10/14/2020

 

• Western Tanager (song)

  
  

  Western Tanager song recorded in the East Inlet area of Rocky Mountain National Park. Note that a Western Wood-Pewee can also be heard in the recording.

  Credit / Author:

  J. Job

  Date created:

  10/14/2020