western tanager

western tanager

n.

A tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) of western North America, the male of which is yellow with a red head and a black back.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

western tanager - of western North America; male is black and yellow and orange-red Piranga ludoviciana tanager - any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males genus Piranga, Piranga - a genus of Thraupidae