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Palm Tanager

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The Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum) is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder from Nicaragua south to Bolivia, Paraguay and southern Brazil. Palm Tanagers are social, restless but unwary birds which eat a wide variety of small fruit. They also regularly take some nectar and insects, including caterpillars. For more details from Wikipedia about the Palm Tanager please see this page here.

Palm Tanager

Palm Tanager

These Palm Tanager images where taken in Altos del Maria, Panama.

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