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Summer tanager

Piranga rubra

Photo by Maria dB
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Description:

Adult males are rose red; females are orangish on the underparts and olive on top, with olive-brown wings and tail. These birds are often out of sight, foraging high in trees, sometimes flying out to catch insects in flight. They mainly eat insects, especially bees and wasps, and berries.

Habitat:

Mason Farm Biological Reserve

Notes:

This bird was far away across a field but his singing was quite loud!

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