Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
Family: Cardinals and allies
Scarlet Tanager is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.
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Scarlet tanagers feed mainly on insects, but they also eat fruit when it is available.
While summer tanagers are famous for this feeding method, when capturing bees, wasps, and hornets, scarlet tanagers also rake the prey against a branch to remove their stingers before consumption.
Habitat fragmentation can increase nest predation and brood parasitism, and populations are declining in some areas.