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Sooty Ant Tanager
Driophlox gutturalis (Sclater, PL, 1854)
Cardinalidae — Cardinals & Allies
Sooty Ant Tanager, Driophlox gutturalis, is a bird of north-western Colombia, where it breeds in the middle Magdalena valley, the Nechí valley, and the northern Central and Western Andes. It lives in humid forest, using the understory inside and along the edges of both primary and secondary woodland, and it is often close to watercourses. The species is found only in Colombia. It was first described in 1854 by Philip Sclater. It is a member of Cardinalidae and is now placed in Driophlox.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Cardinalidae — Cardinals & Allies
- Breeding range
- South America: Colombia
