Black-cheeked Ant Tanager
Driophlox atrimaxillaris (Dwight & Griscom, 1924)
Cardinalidae — Cardinals & Allies
Black-cheeked Ant Tanager, Driophlox atrimaxillaris, is a bird of lowland forest in Costa Rica, where it is confined to the Osa Peninsula and the eastern shore of Golfo Dulce. It belongs to the Cardinalidae and was first described by Dwight and Griscom in 1924. It lives in the forest interior, using well-developed understorey in lowland forest, riparian woodland and older secondary growth, and it avoids edges and open country. It has also been placed in Habia, and its known range reaches to about 300 m.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Cardinalidae — Cardinals & Allies
- Breeding range
- Middle America: Costa Rica
