- Crested Ant-tanager
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Crested Ant-tanager Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Cardinalidae Genus: Habia Species: H. cristata Binomial name Habia cristata
(Lawrence, 1875)The Crested Ant-tanager (Habia cristata) is a songbird species. Though it was formerly placed in the tanager family (Thraupidae), it is not actually a tanager. Today it is assigned to the cardinal family (Cardinalidae).
It is endemic to Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
References
- BirdLife International 2004. Habia cristata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
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