tanager
noun
tan·a·ger
ˈta-ni-jər 
: any of numerous chiefly tropical American oscine birds (family Thraupidae) that are often brightly colored and inhabit mostly woodlands compare scarlet tanager
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The organization’s extensive landscape provides habitat for various resident and migratory birds–woodpeckers, waxwings, nuthatches, warblers, buntings, and tanagers, to name just a few.
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Jamie Siebrase, Denver Post, 22 May 2025
Alongside wading birds like the roseate spoonbill and striated heron, visitors can also look forward to their fair share of passerines, with potential appearances from the blue-gray tanager and scrub blackbird.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Species include many types of warblers, the western tanager and the snow bunting.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025
First there were bluebirds, golden tanagers, and colorful finches called euphonias.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 3 Jan. 2025
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Jamie Siebrase, Denver Post, 22 May 2025
Alongside wading birds like the roseate spoonbill and striated heron, visitors can also look forward to their fair share of passerines, with potential appearances from the blue-gray tanager and scrub blackbird.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Species include many types of warblers, the western tanager and the snow bunting.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025
First there were bluebirds, golden tanagers, and colorful finches called euphonias.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 3 Jan. 2025
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tanager
noun
tan·a·ger
ˈtan-i-jər
: any of numerous small mostly tropical American birds that are often brightly colored compare scarlet tanager
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