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Alternative name: Santa Marta Mountain-Tanager

Photo by Robert Scanlon
Santa Marta mts, Colombia, March 2006

Anisognathus melanogenys

[edit] Identification

18.5cm
Cerulean blue crown and nape, sides of head black with yellow spot below eye, upperparts grey-blue, underparts yellow, black thighs.

[edit] Similar Species

Lacrimose Mountain Tanager has a different, less elongated bill shape and overall shorter bill. That species shows an additional yellow area behind the ears lacking in Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager.

[edit] Distribution

Endemic to the Santa Marta mountains in north-eastern Colombia.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

This species has in the past been considered conspecific with Lacrimose Mountain Tanager².

[edit] Habitat

Forests edges and second growth at mid to high elevation².

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes fruit.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
3. Thread in Birdforum Taxonomy forum discussing this species
4. Wikipedia

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