Santa Marta Mountain-tanager
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The Santa Marta Mountain-tanager (Anisognathus melanogenys), also known as the Black-cheeked Mountain-tanager, is a species of bird
in the Thraupidae family. 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.
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
in the Thraupidae family. It is endemic to highland forest in the Santa Marta Mountains in Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
. It is closely related to the widespread Lacrimose Mountain-tanager
Lacrimose Mountain-tanager
The Lacrimose Mountain-tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in Andean highland forest from Venezuela, through Colombia and Ecuador, to Peru. Some of its 11 subspecies are quite distinctive, and A. l. yariguierum was only scientifically described in 2010.-References:*...
, but the distributions of the two do not overlap.