Santa Marta mountain tanager

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Santa Marta mountain tanager
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Anisognathus
Species:
A. melanogenys
Binomial name
Anisognathus melanogenys
(Salvin & Godman, 1880)
Anisognathus melanogenys map.svg

The Santa Marta mountain tanager (Anisognathus melanogenys), also known as the black-cheeked mountain tanager, is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to highland forest in the Santa Marta Mountains in Colombia. It is closely related to the widespread lacrimose mountain tanager, but the distributions of the two do not overlap.

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References[]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Anisognathus melanogenys". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22722624A119447243. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22722624A119447243.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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