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 phrase: The following trees illustrate the structure of head-medial adjective phrases: Adjective phrase An adjective phrase (or adjectival phrase) is a phrase the head word of which is an adjective, e.g. "fond of steak", "very happy", "quite upset about it", etc. The adjective can initiate the phrase (e.g. "fond of steak"), conclude the phrase (e.g. "very happy"), or appear in a medial position (e.g. "quite upset about it"). The dependents of the head adjective—i.e. the other words and phrases inside the adjective phrase—are typically adverb or prepositional phrases, but they can also be clauses (e.g. "louder than you are"). Adjectives