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Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes >> Family Cardinalidae >> Genus Piranga

Scarlet Tanager (Unique ID: 13255)
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Species: Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)
Location: Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, United States
Age: adult     Plumage: alternate/breeding     Activity: foraging/eating
Sex: male     Visibility: full body     Quantity: single
Photographer: Judd Patterson     Date: April 28, 2013
Equipment: Canon EOS 5D Mark III and Canon 500mm f/4L IS     Megapixels: 5.7

Notes: This male Scarlet Tanager swooped down to the ground and captured this Brown Anole. It then flew back up to a buttonwood tree and took its time eating the lizard.
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