Palm Tanager (IMAGE)

ETH Zurich

Palm Tanager

Caption

The nondescript Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum) feeds on berries and excretes the indigestible seeds elsewhere. This is how the bird is spreading trees.

Credit

Mathias Pires

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