Tanager

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Tanager


Photo: Dr. Lloyd Glenn Ingles

KIND OF ANIMAL: Bird


FOOD
Tanagers eat fruit and insects.

ENEMIES
Owls and hawks hunt for tanagers.
So do foxes, weasels and cats.

WHERE THEY LIVE
Tanagers like trees.
They live in forests and in parks.

 

DID YOU KNOW?
  • Many male birds have brighter colors than female birds. Tanager males are bright red. But in the winter they turn greenish-yellow. The females are always greenish-yellow.
  • Tanagers like birdbaths. They love to drink and splash!

 

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