Piranga olivacea -juvenile- (Scarlet tanager / Tángara rojinegra migratoria)
La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
The smallest of the four species of the genus Piranga that breed north of Mexico, it is a long-distance Neotropical migrant, annually making the journey between northwestern South America and the eastern United States and southern Canada.
This tanager is monogamous and aggressively territorial throughout its range. It is largely insectivorous, foraging heavily on the larvae of Lepidoptera and a variety of adult insects by hovering and gleaning.
birdsna.org/Species-Account/bna/species/scatan/introduction
Piranga olivacea -juvenile- (Scarlet tanager / Tángara rojinegra migratoria)
La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
The smallest of the four species of the genus Piranga that breed north of Mexico, it is a long-distance Neotropical migrant, annually making the journey between northwestern South America and the eastern United States and southern Canada.
This tanager is monogamous and aggressively territorial throughout its range. It is largely insectivorous, foraging heavily on the larvae of Lepidoptera and a variety of adult insects by hovering and gleaning.
birdsna.org/Species-Account/bna/species/scatan/introduction