Rose-throated Tanager Piranga roseogularis Scientific name definitions

Endemic to the Yucatan Peninsula, the Rose-throated Tanager is a common resident into northern Belize, and mostly found in semi-humid to humid mixed woodlands and at forest edges, from sea level to 250m. Males have gray upperparts and paler gray underparts, accented by a deep, rusty red crown and flight feathers, as well as a rosy pink throat and similarly tinted undertail coverts. It has a dark bill and dark gray auriculars with a contrasting white eyering. Females are similarly patterned, replacing the red of males with yellow-olive and the pink with a pale yellow wash. Immature males resemble females, but can show some reddish coloration with the first pre-alternate molt; immature females show a paler, lemon-yellow. Their vocalizations are often raspy, and can resemble the mewing of a Gray Catbird.

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