Listen to the Red-crowned ant tanager
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About the Red-crowned ant tanager
The Red-crowned ant tanager is a bird in the family Cardinalidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 35 g.
What does the Red-crowned ant tanager sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The red-crowned ant tanager (Habia rubica) is a medium-sized passerine bird from tropical America. It is the only species now placed in the genus Habia. This species was long placed with the tanagers (Thraupidae), but it is actually closer to the cardinals (Cardinalidae).
More from the family Cardinalidae
Northern cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Indigo bunting
Passerina cyanea
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
Rose-breasted grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Scarlet tanager
Piranga olivacea
Summer tanager
Piranga rubra
Pyrrhuloxia
Cardinalis sinuatus
Black-headed grosbeak
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Western tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
Lazuli bunting
Passerina amoena
Black-backed grosbeak
Pheucticus aureoventris
Blue seedeater
Amaurospiza concolor
Frequently asked questions
What does a Red-crowned ant tanager sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the Red-crowned ant tanager on this page, including its call. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Red-crowned ant tanager endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Red-crowned ant tanager as “least concern”.
What family does the Red-crowned ant tanager belong to?
The Red-crowned ant tanager (Habia rubica) belongs to the family Cardinalidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 37 (27 km SSE Pompeya), Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 37 (27 km SSE Pompeya), Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q2628790 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Red-crowned ant tanager – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Hector Bottai – CC BY-SA 3.0