They sometimes pick small insects such as aphids from plants.
They are insectivorous, picking insects off leaves, branches, or leaf litter.
They may also pick insects from tree trunks or catch them in flight.
Piranga species pick insects from leaves, or sometimes in flight.
They may also pick insects off a leaf, the insects always seized with their feet.
You'll often see them riding on the necks of cattle, picking insects from behind the animal's ear.
Cinnamon Becards pick large insects and spiders off the foliage in flight.
Tanagers will pick insects from leaves, or sometimes in flight, but fruit is the major dietary item.
They also sometimes pick insects from foliage while hovering.
It continued to pick insects off the branch until all of them were gone.