| Blue-winged mountain tanager | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Anisognathus |
| Species: | A. somptuosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Anisognathus somptuosus (Lesson, 1831)
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Anisognathus flavinucha (Lesson, 1831)[1] | |
The blue-winged mountain tanager (Anisognathus somptuosus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers. It is found in highland forest and woodland in the Andes of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela, as well as a disjunct population in the Venezuelan Coastal Range. It is a common species and its populations appear to be stable.[1] It is generally bright yellow and black with blue to the wings and tail; some populations have a moss-green back.[2] In Bolivia and southernmost Peru, the rump is blue and the voice is very different;[2] this population is sometimes recognized as a separate species, the Bolivian mountain tanager (A. flavinucha).[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c BirdLife International (2017). "Anisognathus somptuosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103845565A119447519. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103845565A119447519.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ a b Ridgely, R.S.; G. Tudor (2009). Birds of South America, Passerines. p. 606. ISBN 978-1-408-11342-4.
- ^ Birdlife International (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Anisognathus flavinucha". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103845698A119446484. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103845698A119446484.en. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
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