The female scarlet tanager is more subtly colored, sporting soft yellow-green plumage with darker ... similar to an American robin with a sore throat. They also make a short call, “chik-burr.” ...

mixture of red and greenish yellow, sometimes blotchy, sometimes with entirely red head and breast. First-winter female: can lack all mustard tones and look very similar to a scarlet tanager.

The yellow-throated often cocks its head as it surveys its surroundings or methodically searches for insects. Monotypic. Length 5.5". The bright yellow spectacles, throat, and breast of this vireo ...