Male Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) __

            San Vito
Costa Rica
Wilson Botanical Garden

The summer tanager (Piranga rubra) 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.

Adults have stout pointed bills and measure 17 cm (6.7 in) in length and 29 g (1.0 oz) in weight. Wingspan ranges from 28 to 30 cm. Adult males are rose red and similar in appearance to the hepatic tanager, although the latter has a dark bill; females are orangish on the underparts and olive on top, with olive-brown wings and tail. As with all other birds, all red and orange colorations are acquired through their diet.

Their breeding habitat is open wooded areas, especially with oaks, across the southern United States, extending as far north as Iowa. These birds migrate to Mexico, Central America and northern South America. This tanager is an extremely rare vagrant to western Europe.

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. Fruit of Cymbopetalum mayanum (Annonaceae) are an especially well-liked food in their winter quarters and birds will forage in human-altered habitat. Consequently, these trees can be planted to entice them to residential areas, and they may well be attracted to bird feeders. Summer tanagers build a cup nest on a horizontal tree branch. – Wikipedia

Taken in: Costa Rica / Provincia de Puntarenas / San Vito / Linda Vista (show map)

Taken on: March 16, 2011

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Costa Rica 2011

San Vito

Wilson Botanical Garden

Summer Tanager

Male

Piranga rubra

Medium sized Songbird

Currently Classified in the family Cardinalidae

Stout Pointed Bills

6.7 Inches

Males Rose Red

Open Wooded Areas

Oaks

Migrate To Central America

Eat Insects and Berries

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Pentax K7

Handheld

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