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This is a juvenile male Summer Tanager (piranga rubra). The Summer Tanager breeds in the south central USA and northern Mexico. They winter in Central and South America as far south as Bolivia. I have never seen this bird in the USA; however we see them regularly in Colombia during the North American winter. They feed on insects, bees, wasps and wild fruits. The Summer Tanager was originally classified as a tanager, but recently reclassified and placed in the cardinal family. The adult male…

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Summer Tanager Female Summer Tanager, Western Tanager, Merlin Bird, Scarlet Tanager, Strawberry Color, Bees And Wasps, Dark Wings, Forest Canopy, Bird Migration

The only completely red bird in North America, the strawberry-colored male Summer Tanager is an eye-catching sight against the green leaves of the forest canopy. The mustard-yellow female is harder to spot, though both sexes have a very distinctive chuckling call note. Fairly common during the summer, these birds migrate as far as the middle of South America each winter. All year long they specialize in catching bees and wasps on the wing, somehow avoiding being stung by their catches.

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