Red-crowned ant tanager | |
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Male at Bertioga, São Paulo State, Brazil | |
Female at Miracatu, São Paulo State, Brazil | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Cardinalidae |
Genus: | Habia Blyth, 1840 |
Species: | H. rubica
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Binomial name | |
Habia rubica (Vieillot, 1817)
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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).