Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes >> Family Cardinalidae >> Genus Piranga
Summer Tanager (Unique ID: 5776) Return to Last Page: Click on image |
Acquire This Photo Species: Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Location: Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma, United States Age: adult Plumage: --- Activity: foraging/eating Sex: male Visibility: full body Quantity: single Photographer: Bob Gress Date: June 19, 2012 Equipment: Canon EOS 7D and Canon 500mm f/4L IS Megapixels: 10.0
Notes: This bird was observed feeding this Painted Bunting. Interspecific feeding by males of several other species of cardinalid has been documented previously, but to our knowledge this is the first known instance of such behavior by a Summer Tanager.
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