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- Habia gutturalis
Identification
19 cm (7½ in)
Male is dark grey with red throat and crest.
Female is brownish-grey where male is dark grey and has buffy throat and crown.
Bill and legs dark, eye red.
Distribution
South America: found in north-western Colombia, from the northern end of the Western Andes (upper Sinú Valley) east along the northern base of the Andes, and south to both sides of the middle Magdalena Valley.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Forested areas, including secondary and disturbed forests, dense bushy vegetation at the edges of clearings.
Behaviour
Diet
Their main diet consists of arthropods. Pairs or small family groups follow swarms of army ants or join mixed-species flocks.
Breeding
There is little information available. Their nest is a deep cup constructed from roots and fibres and lined with fine fern stalks and placed over a forest stream. Both adults feed the young.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Pulgarín-R., P. C. and N. Galvis (2020). Sooty Ant-Tanager (Habia gutturalis), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.soatan1.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Sooty Ant Tanager. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Sooty_Ant_Tanager
