Adult males differ from the scarlet tanager by lacking black wings. The male hepatic tanager is more brick red in color and has a grayer bill, grayer flanks, and a dark grayish cheek patch.

Scarlet Tanagers are the Eastern counterpart ... The underparts are bright yellow. A black band goes across the chest. The yellow throat is narrower than on Western Meadowlark.

The striking black-and ... North American tanager with wing bars. Note its yellow underwing linings in flight. Its bill is small for a Piranga, larger in size than the scarlet’s, but smaller ...