Black-cheeked Ant Tanager (Habia atrimaxillaris)
About the Black-cheeked Ant Tanager
The black-cheeked ant tanager (Driophlox atrimaxillaris) is a species of bird in the family Cardinalidae. It is endemic to Costa Rica. It was formerly placed with the red-crowned ant tanager in the genus Habia. The original description of the black-cheeked ant tanager assigned it the binomial Phoenicothraupis atrimaxillaris and placed it in family Thraupidae, the "true" tanagers. Genus Habia was later shown to have priority so the species was renamed to its current binomial. In the early 2000s, DNA analysis revealed that all the members of Habia were more closely related to the cardinals, so they were moved to family Cardinalidae.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 42 recordings for this species: 27 CC BY-NC-SA · 15 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Costa Rica in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Crested Ant TanagerHabia cristatarecording
- Red-crowned Ant TanagerHabia rubicarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.