Perching

Summer Tanager

Piranga rubra
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Length: 8 in. (20 cm )
A tree top species in broad-leafed and riparian forests, this tanager only occasionally descends to lower levels of the foliage. It feeds on insects, especially bees and wasps, and on fruit. The nest is cup-shaped, made of grass and moss, and placed high on a horizontal branch. Unlike the other North American tanagers that take on the female\'s colors during the winter, adult male Summer Tanagers stay bright red all year round.

The four-digit banding code is SUTA.

Male | Herbert Clarke

Female | Oliver Niehuis



Riparian / River forest
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Bibliographic details:

  • Article: Summer Tanager
  • Author(s): Dr. Biology
  • Publisher: Arizona State University School of Life Sciences Ask A Biologist
  • Site name: ASU - Ask A Biologist
  • Date published: July 13, 2017
  • Date accessed: November 12, 2024
  • Link: https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/summer-tanager

APA Style

Dr. Biology. (2017, July 13). Summer Tanager. ASU - Ask A Biologist. Retrieved November 12, 2024 from https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/summer-tanager

American Psychological Association. For more info, see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/10/

Chicago Manual of Style

Dr. Biology. "Summer Tanager". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 13 July, 2017. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/summer-tanager

For more info, see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/717/04/

MLA 2017 Style

Dr. Biology. "Summer Tanager". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 13 Jul 2017. ASU - Ask A Biologist, Web. 12 Nov 2024. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/bird/summer-tanager

Modern Language Association, 7th Ed. For more info, see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/
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