Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Red-throated Ant-tanager (Habia fuscicauda) - HBW 16, p. 319
French: Habia à gorge rouge
German: Rotkehl-Ameisentangare
Spanish: Habia Gorjirroja
Other common names: Jungle Ant-tanager; Salvin’s Ant-tanager (salvini)
Taxonomy: Phoenicothraupis fuscicauda Cabanis, 1861, Costa Rica.
Molecular-genetic evidence indicates that this genus may form a monophyletic group with Piranga and Chlorothraupis, and that all three are more closely related to cardinals (Cardinalidae) than to true tanagers. Race willisi appears to intergrade with nominate in NW Panama, from where one specimen is intermediate between the two. Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- salvini (Berlepsch, 1883) - E & SE Mexico (from San Luis Potosí and S Tamaulipas) S to Guatemala (except N), Belize, Honduras and El Salvador.
- insularis (Salvin, 1888) - SE Mexico (N & E Yucatán Peninsula) and N Guatemala.
- discolor (Ridgway, 1901) - Nicaragua.
- salvini (Berlepsch, 1883) - E & SE Mexico (from San Luis Potosí and S Tamaulipas) S to Guatemala (except N), Belize, Honduras and El Salvador.
- insularis (Salvin, 1888) - SE Mexico (N & E Yucatán Peninsula) and N Guatemala.
- discolor (Ridgway, 1901) - Nicaragua.
- fuscicauda (Cabanis, 1861) - extreme S Nicaragua, and both slopes of Costa Rica S to W Panama.
- willisi Parkes, 1969 - C Panama from NE Coclé and Colon E to San Blas (mainly on Caribbean slope).
- erythrolaema (P. L. Sclater, 1862) - Caribbean coast of Colombia (N Atlántico, N Bolívar and Córdoba).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male preening and calling, back view Locality Summit Ponds, Panama Province, Panama (ssp willisi)
Dave Jackson 6 April 2007 5 years ago 15 sec 4.6 -
A front view of a male preening and calling with a brief sub-song Locality Summit Ponds, Panama Province, Panama (ssp willisi)
Dave Jackson 6 April 2007 5 years ago 31 sec 4.5 -
A male perched and briefly calling then later singing Locality Selva Verde Lodge, Chilamate, Sarapiquí, Heredia Province, Costa Rica (ssp fuscicauda)
Greg Baker 31 May 2001 1 year ago 50 sec 4.4 -
A female perched and showing its yellow throat Locality Summit Ponds, Panama Province, Panama (ssp willisi)
Dave Jackson 6 April 2007 5 years ago 15 sec 4.3 -
A male in a bush, scratching its head. Locality Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (Jaguar Preserve), Stann Creek District, Belize (ssp salvini)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 10 August 2005 5 years ago 9 sec 3.5 -
Female taking a bath. Locality Muyil Archeaological Site, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp insularis)
Ken Simonite 7 January 2013 18 weeks ago 12 sec 3.5
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Male on ground.
Locality Tikal National Park, Petén Department, Guatemala (ssp insularis)
Knut Eisermann 21 December 2010 1 year ago 4.5 -
Lateral view of male on the ground
Locality Rancho Naturalista, Cartago Province, Costa Rica (ssp fuscicauda)
Chris and Megan Perkins 19 March 2010 2 years ago 4 -
Female red-throated ant-tanager.
Locality St. Herman's Blue Hole National Park, Cayo District, Belize
Larry Sirvio 27 February 2011 43 weeks ago 3.5 -
Male on a branch.
Locality La Selva Biological Station, Puerto Viejo, Sarapiquí, Heredia Province, Costa Rica
Miriam Bauman 5 February 2011 2 years ago 3.5 -
Female flaring out its tail.
Locality Muyil Archeaological Site, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp insularis)
Ken Simonite 7 January 2013 11 weeks ago 3 -
female perched facing head on
Locality Metropolitan Natural Park, Panama City, Panama Province, Panama
ben lascelles 10 June 2008 3 years ago 3
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A bird singing. Locality Lacanjá-Chansayab, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
(ssp salvini)
Josep del Hoyo 13 April 2009 3 years ago 3
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