Some may have dull red mixed in the plumage or may lack orange tones, resembling quite closely immature female scarlet tanagers. First-year male: mixture of red and greenish yellow, sometimes ...

But the male has more brick red plumage, not rose-red like a summer tanager ... are reddish-orange with dark stripes on their backs and distinctive white wing markings. Female flame-colored ...

Birders in the west are in the right area, but they may need luck to spot the flashy feathers of a western tanager ... duties are the female’s job, although the male is never far away.