Crested Ant Tanager
Driophlox cristata(Lawrence, GN, 1875)
English (US) Crested Ant Tanager
The Crested Ant Tanager (Driophlox cristata) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cardinalidae (Cardinals and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: western Andes of Colombia (Antioquia to Cauca)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Driophlox cristata
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Crested Ant Tanager
- Described by
- (Lawrence, GN, 1875)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Phaenicothraupis cristata
- Described by
- (Lawrence, GN, 1875)
- Type locality
- New Granada, 'Bogota.
- Original description
- Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 11(1876) p.70
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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