UntamedExpeditions
Summer Red
Untamed Birds of Colombia Expedition
Male Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
When biologists and naturalists began to explore the new world tropics (aka neotropics), collecting specimens and describing the species they encountered, they would occasionally make the mistake of thinking the different sexes of the same species were actually distinct species, as the sexual dichromatism was so extreme, like with this species. Another example of an incredibly colorful member of the tanager family.
Nature is a never ending source of wonder and surprises.
Suze Lewis de Amable
Fujifilm X-T3 + 100-400mm lens
Caldas, Colombia - March 2020
Summer Red
Untamed Birds of Colombia Expedition
Male Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
When biologists and naturalists began to explore the new world tropics (aka neotropics), collecting specimens and describing the species they encountered, they would occasionally make the mistake of thinking the different sexes of the same species were actually distinct species, as the sexual dichromatism was so extreme, like with this species. Another example of an incredibly colorful member of the tanager family.
Nature is a never ending source of wonder and surprises.
Suze Lewis de Amable
Fujifilm X-T3 + 100-400mm lens
Caldas, Colombia - March 2020