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 Caroni Swamp
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Straight-billed Woodcreeper
Xiphorhynchus picus
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Masked Cardinal
Paroaria nigrogenis
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensis
Tropical Mockingbird
Mimus gilvus
Black-crested Antshrike
Sakesphorus canadensis
Rufous-browed Peppershrike
Cyclarhis gujanensis
Black-backed Water-Tyrant
Fluvicola pica
Bicolored Conebill
Conirostrum bicolor
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Red-crowned Ant-Tanager at Caroni Swamp — 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