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Lionet-gold Palm Tanager next to chopped fruits
thraupis palmarum
Thraupis palmarum (Palm Tanager)

The Palm Tanager is a medium-sized passerine bird with a widespread presence in the Americas. It is a resident breeder from Nicaragua, stretching south to Bolivia, Paraguay, and southern Brazil. Adult Palm Tanagers are about 7.5 inches long and weigh around 1.3 ounces, with a grey to dull olive-green plumage. Both sexes are similar, though females may be paler. These birds adapt well to semi-open areas, including cultivated lands and gardens. Their nests are typically bulky cups built in trees, often palms, or under house eaves. Females incubate two to three cream eggs with brown blotches for about two weeks, followed by an additional 17 days until the chicks fledge. Palm Tanagers are known for their social and unwary nature, consuming a diet of small fruits, nectar, insects, and caterpillars. The Palm Tanager is not considered endangered and is classified as Least Concern by the IUCN.

Lionet-gold Palm Tanager eating banana
Lionet-gold Palm Tanager looking at a banana while on a wood plank
Lionet-gold Palm Tanager looking at a banana while on a wood plank
Lionet-gold Palm Tanager on a small tree branch
Lionet-gold Palm Tanager with a banana
Lionet-gold Palm Tanager looking away
Lionet-gold Palm Tanager about to fly
Lionet-gold Palm Tanager eating a dry banana
Lionet-gold Palm Tanager staring at a banana
Lionet-gold Palm Tanager in a branch
Lionet-gold Palm Tanager in a branch
Thraupis palmarum bird

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