Crested Ant Tanager (Habia cristata)
About the Crested Ant Tanager
The crested ant tanager (Driophlox cristata) is a bird in the family Cardinalidae that is endemic to Colombia. It was formerly placed with the red-crowned ant tanager in the genus Habia. The crested ant tanager was originally placed in family Thraupidae, the "true" tanagers. 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. The crested ant tanager is monotypic.
A real field recording of the Crested Ant Tanager. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.
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Our streaming copies are mirrored from the original xeno-canto file and transcoded to 96 kbps mono — a modification, so we note it here; the licence for each recording is named in its credit below.
1 recording on this page · licensed CC BY-SA ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Colombia · xeno-canto lists 67 recordings for this species in total.
Similar species
- Black-cheeked Ant TanagerHabia atrimaxillarisprofile
- Red-crowned Ant TanagerHabia rubicarecording
- Red-throated Ant TanagerHabia fuscicaudaprofile
- Sooty Ant TanagerHabia gutturalisprofile
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.