Anisognathus | |
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Blue-winged mountain tanager (Anisognathus somptuosus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Anisognathus Reichenbach, 1850 |
Type species | |
Tanagra igniventris d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837
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Species | |
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Anisognathus is a genus of boldly colored tanagers found in the highland forests and woodlands of South America.
The genus Anisognathus was introduced in 1850 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach.[1] The type species was subsequently designated as the scarlet-bellied mountain tanager by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte.[2][3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek anisos meaning "unequal" and gnathos meaning "lower jaw".[4] Five species are placed in this genus.[5]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Anisognathus melanogenys | Santa Marta mountain tanager | Santa Marta Mountains in Colombia |
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Anisognathus lacrymosus | Lacrimose mountain tanager | Venezuela, through Colombia and Ecuador, to Peru. |
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Anisognathus igniventris | Scarlet-bellied mountain tanager | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela |
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Anisognathus somptuosus | Blue-winged mountain tanager | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil |
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Anisognathus notabilis | Black-chinned mountain tanager | Colombia and Ecuador |