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Habia rubica (Red-crowned Ant-Tanager; Red-crowned Ant Tanager)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The red-crowned ant tanager (Habia rubica) is a medium-sized passerine bird from tropical America. The genus Habia was long placed with the tanagers (Thraupidae), but it is actually closer to the cardinals (Cardinalidae). Consequently, it can be argued that referring to the members of this genus as ant-tanagers is misleading, but no other common name has gained usage. The Red-crowned ant tanager is a shy but noisy bird. Its call is a rattle followed by a musical pee-pee-pee.
View Wikipedia Record: Habia rubica

Infraspecies

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
21
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.63373
EDGE Score: 2.15568

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  32 grams
Female Weight [4]  30 grams
Male Weight [4]  35 grams
Weight Dimorphism [4]  16.7 %
Breeding Habitat [2]  Tropical dry forests, Tropical evergreen forests
Wintering Geography [2]  Non-migrartory
Wintering Habitat [2]  Tropical dry forests, Tropical evergreen forests
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore
Diet - Fruit [3]  20 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  80 %
Forages - Mid-High [3]  60 %
Forages - Understory [3]  40 %
Clutch Size [4]  2
Incubation [4]  13 days

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Atlantic Forest Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay No
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands Mexico, United States No
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama No
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela No
Tumbes-Choco-Magdalena Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru No

Prey / Diet

Brachistus nelsonii[5]
Cecropia obtusifolia (guarumo)[5]
Cymbopetalum baillonii[6]
Hamelia longipes[5]
Miconia xalapensis[5]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Pelecitus helecinus <Unverified Name>[7]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
5Dieta y dispersión de semillas por dos especies de Tangara (Habia) en dos tipos de vegetación en los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, México, Fernando Puebla-Olivares & Kevin Winker, ORNITOLOGIA NEOTROPICAL 15: 53–64, 2004
6Frugivory and Seed Dispersal in Cymbopetalum baillonii (Annonaceae) at Los Tuxtlas, Mexico, Rosamond Coates-Estrada and Alejandro Estrada, Journal of Tropical Ecology Vol. 4, No. 2 (May, 1988), pp. 157-172
7Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0