Sooty Ant Tanager
A species of Ant Tanagers Scientific name : Habia gutturalis Genus : Ant Tanagers
Sooty Ant Tanager, A species of Ant Tanagers
Botanical name: Habia gutturalis
Genus: Ant Tanagers
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Description General Info
Description
19-20 cm in length. The adult male is dark grey with a conspicuous scarlet crest (not always raised) and a rosy-red throat. The adult female is duller with a pinkish-white throat.
Size
20 cm
Habitat
The sooty Ant Tanager typically inhabits both the interiors and edges of various forested environments, ranging from untouched to heavily altered woodlands. Their preferred surroundings include dense shrubbery near clearings and secondary forests that have undergone regrowth after disturbance. The extent of their adaptability to disturbed habitats, though noted, has yet to be clearly defined.
Dite type
Insectivorous
General Info
Distribution Area
This bird is found in northwest Colombia, occurring in the Upper Sínu Valley at the northern end of the western Andes, and east along the north base of the Andes to the middle Magdalena River Valley. Its natural habitat is humid tropical forests, edges, gaps and mature secondary forest. It prefers dense streamside and landslide habitats in extensive unbroken forest.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Cardinals Genus
Ant Tanagers Species
Sooty Ant Tanager