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 calls include a rough pi-ter-rik. Scarlet Tanagers are the Eastern counterpart of the Western Tanager. Breeding males are bright red with black wings and tail. But the female is dull yellowish ...

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 ...