Western Tanager Images, Facts and Information:
Piranga ludoviciana
- Male Western Tanagers have yellow bodies, brilliant red heads with black backs, wings and tails. Females and juveniles are olive-green with yellow below. Males, females and immature birds have two wing bars.
- Western Tanagers are migratory.
- Western Tanagers are found in the western U.S, and western Canada during their breeding season. During the nonbreeding season they are found in Mexico and Central America.
- Western Tanagers prefer habitats that include mixed woodlands and coniferous forests.
- Western Tanagers eats insects and berries.
- Western Tanagers lay 3 to 5 eggs which hatch in 13 days. The females incubate and they are monogamous.
- A group of tanagers is called a “season” of tanagers.
- Western Tanagers can live to be more than 6 years of age.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Western Tanager photos.
Young Western Tanager in the Wasatch Mountains
Title: Young Western Tanager in the Wasatch Mountains
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 9/1/2022
Female Western Tanager perched on a juniper
Title: Female Western Tanager perched on a juniper
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/24/2021
Male Western Tanager half hidden in a juniper
Title: Male Western Tanager half hidden in a juniper
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/24/2021
Male Western Tanager close up
Title: Male Western Tanager close up
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/27/2021
Western Tanager female in willows
Title: Western Tanager female in willows
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/13/2020
Western Tanager with tongue showing
Title: Western Tanager with tongue showing
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/13/2020
Western Tanager perched in willows
Title: Western Tanager perched in willows
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/13/2020
Western Tanager with a ripe serviceberry
Title: Western Tanager with a ripe serviceberry
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/12/2020
Young Western Tanager perched at the top of a chokecherry
Title: Young Western Tanager perched at the top of a chokecherry
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 8/12/2020
Young Western Tanager on a chokecherry branch
Title: Young Western Tanager on a chokecherry branch
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 8/12/2020
East Canyon Western Tanager
Title: East Canyon Western Tanager
Location: East Canyon, Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/10/2020
Male Western Tanager perched in willows
Title: Male Western Tanager perched in willows
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/28/2020
Begging immature Western Tanager
Title: Begging immature Western Tanager
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/28/2020 […]
Immature Western Tanager tilting its head
Title: Immature Western Tanager tilting its head
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/28/2020
Adult male Western Tanager in the Wasatch Mountains
Title: Adult male Western Tanager in the Wasatch Mountains
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/28/2020
Immature Western Tanager in a serviceberry
Title: Immature Western Tanager in a serviceberry
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/15/2019
Close up of a female Western Tanager with a Bald-faced Hornet
Title: Close up of a female Western Tanager with a Bald-faced Hornet
Location: Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/24/2018
Female Western Tanager in a Serviceberry
Title: Female Western Tanager in a Serviceberry
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/24/2018
Western Tanager in the Targhee National Forest
Title: Western Tanager in the Targhee National Forest
Location: Targhee National Forest, Clark County, Idaho
Date: 5/30/2014
Western Tanager male in breeding plumage
Title: Western Tanager male in breeding plumage
Location: Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 6/11/2012