Black-cheeked Ant-tanager
A species of Ant Tanagers Scientific name : Habia atrimaxillaris Genus : Ant Tanagers
Black-cheeked Ant-tanager, A species of Ant Tanagers
Botanical name: Habia atrimaxillaris
Genus: Ant Tanagers
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Description
Photo By Don Roberson 
Description
The black-cheeked ant tanager (Habia atrimaxillaris) is a species of bird in the family Cardinalidae. It is endemic to the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss. 
Size
19 cm
Feeding Habits
Black-cheeked Ant-tanager primarily consumes insects, supplemented by fruit and occasional small vertebrates. It forages typically in shrubbery, exhibiting unique adaptations for gleaning prey from foliage.
Habitat
Black-cheeked Ant-tanager primarily inhabits the understory of mature lowland forests and streamside woodlands, extending into older secondary growth, and infrequently into beachfront vegetation. They are usually found up to 200-300 meters above sea level in regions with well-developed understories that offer the specialization required for their survival. Black-cheeked Ant-tanager is considered a forest specialist, preferring continuous forest habitats over fragmented ones and avoiding forest edges. Gallery forests or younger secondary growth are not suitable for black-cheeked Ant-tanager, which also demonstrates little tolerance for open or human-disturbed areas.
Dite type
Insectivorous
Photo By Don Roberson 
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Cardinals Genus
Ant Tanagers Species
Black-cheeked Ant-tanager 
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