Crested Ant-tanager (Habia cristata)

Family
Cardinalidae (Cardinals)

Size
19 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lawrence, 1875)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist shrubland. From 700 - 1,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia.

Western Colombia on western slope of western Andes from Antioquia south to southern Cauca (Cerro Munchique), locally on eastern slope of western Andes.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (60)...)

Crested Ant Tanager (Habia cristata) [XC675415]
by MasBiomas from Mistrat\u00f3, Risaralda, Reserva el Sutu, Colombia (call)

Crested Ant Tanager (Habia cristata) [XC354268]
by Ross Gallardy from Otun Quimbaya, Colombia (call)

Subspecies
Molecular-genetic evidence indicates that this genus may form a monophyletic group with Piranga and Chlorothraupis, and that all three are more closely related to cardinals (Cardinalidae) than to true tanagers.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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