Adult males differ from the scarlet tanager by lacking black wings. The male hepatic tanager is more brick red in color and has a grayer bill, grayer flanks, and a dark grayish cheek patch.

The western is the only regular North American tanager with wing bars. Note its yellow underwing linings in flight. Its bill is small for a Piranga, larger in size than the scarlet’s ...

Scarlet tanagers usually migrate to northwestern South ... while females and youngsters are olive-green with darker green ...