White-winged Tanager (Piranga leucoptera) | Photos, Calls and ID

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White-winged Tanager (Piranga leucoptera), photo 6 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

White-winged Tanager (Piranga leucoptera), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Tenoch Cuauhtémoc Perez, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

White-winged Tanager (Piranga leucoptera), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Alina Martin, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

White-winged Tanager (Piranga leucoptera), photo 9 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

White-winged Tanager (Piranga leucoptera), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Adrianh M. Orozco, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the White-winged Tanager sounds like

Sonogram of the White-winged Tanager: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: Filo de Chumbiriatza, tepui 4.5 km SW Las Orchideas, above "Cabañas Yankuam", Nangaritza Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Santo Domingo: Chiriboga road at Río los Dos Rios, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Pichincha: Maquipucuna at 1350 m, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The white-winged tanager is approximately 13 cm (5.1 in) long and weighs 13 to 20 g (0.46 to 0.71 oz). The nominate male is mostly red, with a black "mask" and black wings with white wing bars. The female is dull olive-yellow, but retains the black wings and white wing bars. The juvenile is similar to the female, but duller. The male P. l. latifasciata is darker red and the female a more intense yellow; both sexes have broader white wing bars. The male P. l. venezuelae differs from the nominate only in having a smaller "mask". P. l. Voice: The white-winged tanager's song is "a thin, wiry 'e-seé-se-whéét'" . It has a variety of calls .

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When to see the White-winged Tanager

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the White-winged Tanager

Regular range

The map shades 14 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Mexico Ecuador Guatemala Costa Rica Venezuela Panama Colombia Peru Nicaragua El Salvador Bolivia Belize Honduras Guyana

About the White-winged Tanager

The white-winged tanager is a medium-sized American songbird in the family Cardinalidae, the cardinals or cardinal grosbeaks. It is found from Mexico, through Central America, across northern South America and as far south as Bolivia.

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Easily confused with

Rose-throated TanagerPiranga roseogularisThe rose-throated tanager is 16 cm (6.3 in) long and weighs 21 to 30 g (0.74 to 1.06 oz).

Red-headed TanagerPiranga erythrocephalaThe red-headed tanager is approximately 15 cm (5.9 in) long and weighs 19.9 to 24.5 g (0.70 to 0.86 oz).

Red-hooded TanagerPiranga rubricepsThe red-hooded tanager is approximately 17 cm (6.7 in) long and weighs 28 to 42 g (0.99 to 1.48 oz).

Side by side: Flame-colored Tanager vs White-winged Tanager · Rose-throated Tanager vs White-winged Tanager · Red-headed Tanager vs White-winged Tanager

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