Hepatic tanager Hepatic tanager The hepatic tanager ("Piranga flava") is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family (Thraupidae), it and other members of its genus are now classified in the cardinal family (Cardinalidae). The species's plumage and vocalizations are similar to other members of the cardinal family. The common name "hepatic" means "liver-coloured", namely, brownish-red. The specific name is Latin for yellow or golden. The habits of the hepatic tanager are similar to those of the western tanager. It ranges from the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico, and locally in southern California and Colorado) to northern Argentina. There
Adjective phrase An attributive adjective (phrase) precedes the noun of a noun phrase (e.g. "a very happy" man). A predicative adjective (phrase) follows a linking verb and serves to describe the preceding subject, e.g. "The man is very happy". The adjective phrases are underlined in the following example sentences. The head adjective in each of these phrases is in bold, and how the adjective phrase is functioning—attributively or predicatively—is stated to the right of each example: The distinguishing characteristic of an attributive adjective phrase is that it appears inside the noun phrase that it modifies. An interesting trait of these phrases in