Summer Tanager Animal Pictures
Piranga Rubra
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This male Summer Tanager has an amazing red color all over his body. He stopped in perfect light just for a moment allowing me to capture the moment. This was shot in Costa Rica, on the Osa Peninsula, near Puerto Jimenez and Corcovado National Park. Higher classification: Northern tanagers Scientific name: Piranga rubra Rank: Species Family: Cardinalidae Kingdom: Animalia
Summer tanagers are the only completely red birds in North America.
Bright red Male Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) in a tree
This vibrant red bird has a beautiful voice.
A female summer tanager perched on a vertical against a blurred green background
Summer tanagers are sexually dimorphic. Females, like this one, are yellowish-green and males are red.
A juvenile summer tanager perched on a branch
This juvenile summer tanager will reach sexual maturity and acquire its adult plumage when it's about a year old.
Second year male summer tanager perched on a branch
This second-year male summer tanager is transitioning to his red, adult plumage.
