Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
ORDER: PASSERIFORMES
FAMILY: CARDINALIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
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Kevin T. Karlson
The only entirely red bird in North America, the Summer Tanager is a bird of southern forests. It specializes in eating bees and wasps, both in the summer and on its wintering grounds in Central and South America.