Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Habia rubica
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCardinalidae (Cardinàlids)
- GenusHabia
- SpeciesHabia rubica (Red-crowned Ant-Tanager)
The red-crowned ant tanager (Habia rubica) is a medium-sized passerine bird from tropical America. It is the only species now placed in the genus Habia. This species was long placed with the tanagers (Thraupidae), but it is actually closer to the cardinals (Cardinalidae). Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Main Ridge Forest Reserve
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
Blue-backed Manakin
Chiroxiphia pareola
Barred Antshrike
Thamnophilus doliatus
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
White-lined Tanager
Tachyphonus rufus
Rufous-breasted Wren
Pheugopedius rutilus
Crested Oropendola
Psarocolius decumanus
Yellow-legged Thrush
Turdus flavipes
Cocoa Woodcreeper
Xiphorhynchus susurrans
Tropical Mockingbird
Mimus gilvus
Stripe-breasted Spinetail
Synallaxis cinnamomea
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Red-crowned Ant-Tanager at Main Ridge Forest Reserve — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there