What does the Western Tanager eat?
Piranga ludoviciana
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Diet overview
Omnivore (primarily insectivorous during breeding season, frugivorous during migration and winter)
How it forages
Primarily insectivorous during the breeding season, foraging for insects (wasps, bees, beetles, ants, grasshoppers, cicadas, caterpillars) by gleaning them from foliage or catching them in flight. During migration and winter, their diet shifts to include a significant amount of fruit (berries, drupes) and nectar. They often forage high in the canopy.
When it feeds
Diurnal.
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