Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea), Rio Rico, Santa Cruz County

This Scarlet Tanager was discovered by Joshua Stewart on November 13 and photographed by Chris McCreedy on 15 November 2011.

Scarlet Tanager is a casual transient in Arizona with about 25 accepted records.

Note a small yellow to yellow-green tanager, and lack of yellow coverts of a Western Tanager. This bird appears typical of a young male with black wing coverts but browner flight feathers.

15 November 2011, photo by Chris McCreedy

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