Sooty Ant-Tanager

It is endemic to Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.

The Sooty Ant-Tanager is classified as Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future.

* Sooty Ant-tanager, Habia gutturalis * Black-cheeked Ant-tanager, Habia atrimaxillaris * Crested Ant-tanager, Habia cristata References - * ffrench, Richard (1991). A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago (2nd edition ed.). Comstock Publishing. ISBN 0-8014-9792-2. * Hilty, Steven L (2003). Birds of Venezuela. London: Christopher Helm. ISBN 0-7136-6418-5. More

The Sooty Ant-tanager (Habia gutturalis) is a species of bird in the cardinal family (Cardinalidae); formerly, it was placed with the true tanagers in the Thraupidae. It is endemic to Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.It is becoming rare due to habitat loss. Source - * BirdLife International 2004. Habia gutturalis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. More

Sooty Ant-tanager The Sooty Ant-tanager (Habia gutturalis) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is endemic to Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss. See more at Wikipedia.org... More

Sooty Ant-Tanager- ProAves ColombiaFull day at Reinita Cielo Azul Reserve with picnic lunch. We’ll head for the forest at first light and spend all day birding here. Several threatened Colombian endemics also occur here, including Gorgeted Wood-Quail, Parker’s Antbird, White-mantled Barbet, Turquoise Dacnis-Tanager, and Black Inca. Mountain Grackle occurs in temperate forest just above the reserve and we saw these in June. More

Sooty Ant-Tanager and White-mantled Barbet have been seen. Endemics: Tolima Dove, White-mantled Barbet, Sooty Ant-Tanager, Yellow-headed Brush-Finch, Parker�s Antbird Key Species: Cerulean Warbler. Access: The town of Falan is 3 hr north of Ibague or 5 hr west from Bogot�. The reserve itself is 2.5 hr above Falan; a 4 x 4 is required for much of this distance. More

Sooty Ant-tanager Habia gutturalis IUCN Red List Criteria Near Threatened (criteria nearly met) B1a+b(i,ii,iii,iv,v) IUCN Red List history Year Category 2008 Near Threatened 2004 Near Threatened 2000 Lower Risk/Near Threatened 1994 Lower Risk/Near Threatened 1988 Threatened More

Sooty Ant-tanager Habia gutturalis 2009 IUCN Red List Category (as evaluated by BirdLife International - the official Red List Authority for birds for IUCN): Near Threatened Justification This species is known from relatively few locations within a moderately small range, and it is considered rare. It is suspected to be declining owing to habitat loss, and is therefore considered Near Threatened. More

Sooty Ant-Tanager, Habia gutturalis Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager, Habia atrimaxillaris Crested Ant-Tanager, Habia cristata References - * ffrench, Birds of Trinidad and Tobago ISBN 0-7136-6759-1 * Hilty, Birds of Venezuela, ISBN 0-7136-6418-5 * Morton, Isler & Isler, Tanagers ISBN 0-7136-5116-4 * Stiles and Skutch, A guide to the birds of Costa Rica ISBN More

a nest, three very confiding Sooty Ant-Tanagers, great views of White-mantled Barbets, excellent, prolonged views of Tody Motmot, incredibly close views of a Brown-eared Woolly Opossum, and a nice show by a male Striped Manakin as we were about to depart. More