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Red-throated Ant-Tanager

Habia fuscicauda

Description:

Red-throated Ant-tanager are 19 cm long and weigh 40 g. Adult males are dull dusky red, somewhat paler below, and with a bright red throat and central crown. The female is brownish olive, paler and greyer below, and with a yellow throat and small dull yellow crown stripe. Young birds are brown and lack the throat and crown patches. (wikipedia)

Habitat:

It prefers thickety growth along forest edge, including banks of streams and rivers, overgrown plantations and dense , shady second growth.


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2 Comments

It is, and it is a little shy.

Seema
Seema a year ago

unusual lovely color for a bird

Heredia, Costa Rica

Lat: 10.42, Long: -84.14

Spotted on Dec 5, 2010
Submitted on May 13, 2011

Spotted for mission

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