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 Volcán Barú National Park
Flame-colored Tanager
Piranga bidentata
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Black-thighed Grosbeak
Pheucticus tibialis
White-winged Tanager
Piranga leucoptera
Hepatic Tanager
Piranga flava
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
Blue Seedeater
Amaurospiza concolor
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Western Tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
Blue-black Grosbeak
Cyanocompsa cyanoides
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren
Henicorhina leucophrys
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Red-crowned Ant-Tanager at Volcán Barú National Park — 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