Red-throated Ant Tanager

Red-throated Ant TanagerThis bird occurs in the understory of lowland tropical forest and woodland, often in small groups. It may join army-ant swarms. Males have a small dark mask between eye and bill, while females have a contrasting buff throat. Current eBird uses Driophlox fuscicauda; the AOU account uses Habia fuscicauda.What does it look like?The eBird identification account describes a small dark mask between the male's eye and bill; the female has a contrasting buff throat.How does it live?This bird occurs in the understory of lowland tropical forest and woodland, often in small groups. It may join army-ant swarms. Males have a small dark mask between eye and bill, while females have a contrasting buff throat. Current eBird uses Driophlox fuscicauda; the AOU account uses Habia fuscicauda.It inhabits the understory of lowland tropical forest and woodland, including adjacent secondary growth, and usually occurs in small groups. The eBird account notes that it sometimes joins army-ant swarms.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.