Hepatic Tanager

18 cm. Male orange red, brighter below. Lores dusky. <NThe female is yellow-olive above, bright yellow below and on the forecrown. Bill horn colored. Call "chef chef ...." Vocalization 1 , a loud "tchip" or "tserit" ^159 . Song described as "tseep tsurr tseep tsurr" etc. vocalization 2 Forages high in the upper branches of tall trees, rarely close to the ground. Rio Grande do Sul November, Paraguay October: nest cup shaped. Uncommon in forest and open woodland, cerrado, riparian woodland, Eucalyptus forest. Throughout. Has expanded into deforested areas at the coast ^121 . Regularly found inland, e.g. at<8E>Campos do Jord<C4>o ^119 , Itarar<CA>, Batatais ^40 . Up to 1800 meters Vocalization 2 is a song of an Arizona, USA, bird which might belong to a distinct species,/Piranga hepatica : the song resembles the one described for the /flava group in Southeast Brazil ^159 . 10536 Calls, Chiricahua Mountains, Portal, AZ, USA, LNS 87916, recorded by C. Marantz.: 9033 Song, October 13, 1996, Miller Canyon, Cochise County, Arizona, LNS 109023, recorded by G. Keller.: 5572 > Male: 7353 > Female: