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Excerpts Adapted from the Birds of Saskatchewan:
Although the male Western Tanager is an impressive looking bird with bright yellow and black plumage and a red head, it is not often seen, preferring shady foliage and foraging for food in tree canopies. Wintering in southern Mexico and in Central America its breeding grounds extend from southeastern Alaska and south-central Northwest Territories south to British Columbia, part of Alberta, and in a tongue into northwest and central Saskatchewan. In the US it breeds in most of the western states.
This species prefers the shade and protection of conifers and deciduous trees in mixed woodlands. In Prince Albert National Park these tanagers occur only in the oldest forest (Cumming and Diamond 2002). During migration, it is sometimes seen in urban parks and gardens or in rural shelterbelts and woodlands.
The Western Tanager is an uncommon summer resident in the southern boreal forest and Cypress Hills, and rare in the northern boreal forest (Smith 1996). It is a rare transient in the western aspen parklands and grasslands. Smith (1996) believes that Western Tanagers nesting in Saskatchewan arrive mainly by way of Alberta.
Original text by Arlene Karpan. Text adapted by Daniel J. Sawatzky
Read more about the Western Tanager in the Birds of Saskatchewan here.
Recommended citation: Latremouille, L. M. 2025. Western 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=WETA&lang=en [14 Nov 2025]
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