Flame-Colored Tanager
The flame-colored tanager is a more uncommon American visitor than other types of tanagers. In fact, these birds were never found north of the Mexican border until 1985, when a single male appeared in Arizona’s Chiricahua Mountains. American bird-watchers have reported several of the birds since, and the birds have been reported nesting in Arizona. But the flame-colored tanager is still considered a rare species in the mountains of southern Arizona and western Texas.
Males are reddish-orange with dark stripes on their backs and distinctive white wing markings. Female flame-colored tanagers are olive green and yellow. They look similar to female western tanagers, but watch for those white wing spots.