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RED-CROWNED ANT-TANAGER Habia rubica
One of the larger tanagers to haunt the undergrowth of humid forest, flocks of Red-crowned Ant-Tanager advertise their presence with loud, thrush-like, "Chack" calls. They are nervous birds, difficult to observe despite their size. Young males initially resemble females, but gradually develop the red plumage of adults. Only when they are completely red are they considered mature enough to compete for a mate. Beforehand the females barely give the poor frustrated souls a second glance!
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE1953PH) Adult male, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith February 2007).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE1954PH) Same individual upperwing (Paul Smith February 2007).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE1955PH) Adult female, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu May 2008).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE1956PH) Adult female, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith June 2005).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE1957PH) Same individual upperwing (Paul Smith June 2005).
FIGURE 6 - (FPAVE1958PH) Immature male, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith June 2005).
FIGURE 7 - (FPAVE1959PH) Same individual upperwing (Paul Smith June 2005).
VIDEO A - (FPAVE3403VI)  Adult male, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith August 2012).
VIDEO B - (FPAVE1960VI) Adult male, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith March 2010).
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Habia rubica
1 (FPAVE1961RE) Song recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
2 (FPAVE1962RE) Song recorded Ocampos, PN San Rafael, Departamento Itapúa (Myriam Velázquez October 2001).
3 (FPAVE1963RE) Song recorded Kuri´y, Departamento Alto Paraná (Paul Smith March 2007).
Click the link to hear the call. Longer versions of this call can be downloaded from the Paraguay page of our partner website www.xeno-canto.com - the largest collection of freely downloadable Neotropical bird calls available online.