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Red-throated Ant-Tanager

Habia fuscicauda

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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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unusual lovely color for a bird

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PublishedMay 13, 2011

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