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Atlas Results
Only three observations of Scarlet Tanagers were reported during the atlas, indicating that it remains a rare and irregular sight in the province. A bird made a brief visit to a rural yard near Yorkton on 4 June 2019, presumably a vagrant. In the realm of the possible, a male was seen and heard singing south of Broadview in the Pipestone Valley on 26 June 2019, and though the bird was not seen on subsequent visits, it might be easily overlooked in the dense riparian woodlands. Another bird was heard singing during point counts by an experienced observer near the Manitoba border south of Tantallon in the Qu'Appelle Valley on 21 June 2018.
Excerpts Adapted from the Birds of Saskatchewan:
With its bright scarlet body and black wings and tail, the male Scarlet Tanager is hard to mistake. The nearest regular breeding to Saskatchewan occurs in the Dauphin-Riding Mountain area and the Brandon Hills of southwestern Manitoba (Taylor et al. 2003). Its overall breeding range extends over the eastern deciduous forest biome from southern Manitoba to the Maritimes south to the northern Gulf states. During the winter it is found from Panama to northern and western South America.
In Saskatchewan, Scarlet Tanagers have frequented mixedwood forest of the eastern South Boreal and probably the deciduous woodlands of the Qu'Appelle Valley and Moose Mountain (Smith 1996); this is consistent with their entire breeding range, which also includes deciduous forest.
The Scarlet Tanager is a rare and irregular spring, summer, and fall visitant, and possibly a very rare and inconsistent breeder. Records come primarily from southeast Saskatchewan.
Original text by Alan R. Smith. Text adapted by Daniel J. Sawatzky
Read more about the Scarlet Tanager in the Birds of Saskatchewan here.
Recommended citation: Latremouille, L. M. 2025. Scarlet Tanager in Latremouille, L. M., S. L. Van Wilgenburg, C. B. Jardine, D. Lepage, A. R. Couturier, D. Evans, D. Iles, and K. L. Drake (eds.). 2025. The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Saskatchewan, 2017-2021. Birds Canada. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan https://sk.birdatlas.ca/accounts/speciesaccount.jsp?sp=SCTA&lang=en [09 Nov 2025]
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