National Geographic : 1953 Jan
© National Geographic Society + Exotic Tanagers Tackle the Fruit Course - One Has the "Breakfast Blues" Though brightly colored, South America's Golden and Blue-and-black Tanagers would be outshone by that bird of fire, our own resplendent scarlet tanager. All tanagers are American. Their colors run a rainbow gamut. Four species breed in the United States. + Another Bright Member of the Tanager Clan Is This South American Sunbeam Called the Mountain Tanager, he comes from the northwestern corner of the neighbor continent, as do his colorful kinsmen above. More than 200 species of tanagers are known. Most hide their beauty in dark forests of Central and South America.