Red-crowned ant tanager

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

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).

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Habia rubica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22722409A138397027. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22722409A138397027.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.