Birds of Colombia

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Genus: Driophlox (3 species, 4 worldwide)


Crested Ant Tanager
Crested Ant Tanager (Driophlox cristata) ENDEMIC
ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia
  The male is redder than the female. 		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Seen in small groups in humid and riparian (river) forests. Male is redder.

Red-throated Ant Tanager
Red-throated Ant Tanager (Driophlox fuscicauda) Male
Soberania National Park, Panama   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Red-throated Ant Tanager
Red-throated Ant Tanager (Driophlox fuscicauda) Female
Metropolitan Park, Panama City, Panama   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Sooty Ant Tanager
Sooty Ant Tanager (Driophlox gutturalis) ENDEMIC
La Victoria, Caldas, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Found in understory of mature forest. Male and female similar.

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