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Red-throated Ant-Tanager
Driophlox fuscicauda
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About the Red-throated Ant-Tanager
The red-throated ant tanager (Driophlox fuscicauda) is a species of bird in the family Cardinalidae, the cardinals, grosbeaks, and “tanager” allies. It is found from Mexico to Colombia.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Driophlox fuscicauda
- Family
- Cardinals and Allies
- Order
- Passeriformes
Similar species
Other members of the cardinals and allies family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Black-faced Grosbeak Caryothraustes poliogaster
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Blue Seedeater Amaurospiza concolor
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- Crimson-collared Grosbeak Periporphyrus celaeno
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Flame-colored Tanager Piranga bidentata
- Gray-throated Chat Granatellus sallaei
- Hepatic Tanager Piranga flava
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
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