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- Habia rubica
Identification
18 cm. Dull reddish brown, red throat and breast, black-bordered scarlet crown stripe. The female is yellowish brown, with a yellow throat and yellow-buff crown stripe.
Similar Species
The Red-throated Ant Tanager can be difficult to distinguish. It lacks the black borders on the crown stripe.
Distribution
Mexico, Paraguay, Argentina, and Trinidad.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Forest undergrowth.
Behaviour
Diet includes arthropods and berries.
It builds a shallow cup nest in a tree, and 2 brown blotched, white eggs are laid, which are incubated by the female for 13 days. After a further 10 days, the chicks fledge.
