Red-crowned Ant-Tanager

Red-crowned Ant-Tanagers are 18 cm long and weigh 34 g or 31 g . Adult males are dull reddish brown with a brighter red throat and breast. The black-bordered scarlet crown stripe is raised when the bird is excited. The female is yellowish brown, with a yellow throat and yellow-buff crown stripe.

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Original source: Dario Sanches from S�O PAULO, Brazil
Author: Dario Sanches from S�O PAULO, Brazil

The Red-crowned Ant-Tanager is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Red-crowned Ant-Tanager, Habia rubica, is a medium-sized passerine bird from tropical America. The genus Habia was long placed with the tanagers (Thraupidae), but it is actually closer to the cardinals (Cardinalidae). Consequently, it can be argued that referring to the members of this genus as ant-tanagers is misleading, but no other common name has gained usage. Red-crowned Ant-Tanagers are 18 cm long and weigh 34 g (male) or 31 g (female). More

Red-crowned Ant-tanager which occurs on the Pacific slope in its Central American range. It occurs in thick undergrowth at the edge of forest, second growth or abandoned plantations at altitudes from sea level to 600 m. The large but untidy cup nest is usually built 1–3 m high in the fork of a shrub or tree, and is often decorated with living ferns. The normal clutch is two or three white eggs laid from April to June. More

Red-crowned Ant TanagerThe Red-crowned Ant-Tanager, Habia rubica, is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder from Mexico south to Paraguay and northern Argentina, and on Trinidad. It occurs in forest undergrowth. These birds are found in pairs or family groups. Description: Red-crowned Ant-Tanagers are 18 cm long and weigh 34 g (male) or 31 g (female). Adult males are dull reddish brown with a brighter red throat and breast. More

Observations of a nest of Red-Crowned Ant-Tanagers in Paraguay View All Red-crowned ant tanager FORT Information Top of Page Skip navigation and continue to the page title Accessibility FOIA Privacy Policies and Notices Take Pride in America home page. FirstGov button U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey URL: http://www.fort.usgs.gov/Products/ProdTopics_Results.asp Page Contact Information: AskFORT@usgs. More

Observations of a nest of Red-Crowned Ant-Tanagers in Paraguay. Journal of Field Ornithology 60(4): 459-4. Software Instream Flow Incremental Methodology Legal Institutional Analysis Model Physical Habitat Assessment Model SALMOD Stream Network Temperature Model System Impact Assessment Model Top of Page Skip navigation and continue to the page title Accessibility FOIA Privacy Policies and Notices Take Pride in America home page. FirstGov button U.S. More

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Thraupidae
Genus : Habia
Species : rubica
Authority : (Vieillot, 1817)