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title: "Red-crowned Ant-Tanager"
description: "Habia rubica — Birds. The red-crowned ant tanager (Habia rubica) is a medium-sized passerine bird from tropical America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/red-crowned-ant-tanager
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Red-crowned Ant-Tanager

> Habia rubica — Birds. The red-crowned ant tanager (Habia rubica) is a medium-sized passerine bird from tropical America.

- Scientific name: *Habia rubica*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 1509
- Wikidata: [Q2628790](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2628790)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9935](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9935)

## Names

- en: Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
- de: Karminameisentangare
- es: Piranga Hormiguera Corona Roja
- fr: Habia à couronne rouge
- nl: Rode miertangare
- pt: Tiê-de-bando
- pl: Habia mrówcza

## Countries with the most observations

BR (603), MX (215), PA (134), AR (99), CR (70), BZ (26), NI (25), TT (23), PE (22), HN (13), GT (10), BO (7)

## Summary

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).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-crowned_ant_tanager

## Photo

![Red-crowned Ant-Tanager](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-crowned-ant-tanager/medium.jpg)

Photo: Diego Carús · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/196277840

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-crowned-ant-tanager?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).