Black-cheeked Mountain Tanager - BirdForum Opus

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

Alternative name: Santa Marta Mountain-Tanager

Anisognathus melanogenys

Identification

Facial Detail
Photo © by NJ Larsen
Cuchilla de San Lorenzo, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, 22 August 2023

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

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.

Distribution

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

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

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

Habitat

Forests edges and second growth at mid to high elevation².

Behaviour

The diet includes fruit.

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

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-cheeked Mountain Tanager. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-cheeked_Mountain_Tanager

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