About the Lesser Antillean Tanager
The Lesser Antillean tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. Males are largely buff-colored, with purplish-chestnut crowns, blackish masks, and blue-green-edged blackish wings. The tanager is only found in Grenada and Saint Vincent. It inhabits a number of habitats, including rainforests, dry forests, humid forests, secondary growth, woodland edge, and gardens. It is omnivorous.
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Lesser Antillean tanagers grow to a length of 14–15 cm (5.5–5.9 in). Males are largely buff-colored, with yellowish-buff backs from the neck down to the rump and lavender-buff underparts with dark mottling on the throat. The top of the head is purplish-chestnut and there is a blackish mask across the eyes. The wings and tail feathers are blackish with blue-green margins, while the undertail coverts are tawny-buff. Females are paler and more greenish than males. Juveniles are duller than adults and have very indistinct masks and crowns.
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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in May · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Black-backed TanagerStilpnia peruvianaThe black-backed tanager is a bird species in the Thraupidae family.
Straw-backed TanagerStilpnia argyrofengesThe straw-backed tanager, also known as the green-throated tanager, is a species of bird in the tanager family.
Green-capped TanagerStilpnia meyerdeschauenseeiThe green-capped tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
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