Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Santa Marta Mountain-tanager (Anisognathus melanogenys) - HBW 16, p. 203
French: Tangara des Santa Marta
German: Schwarzwangen-Bergtangare
Spanish: Tangara de Santa Marta
Other common names: Black-cheeked Mountain-tanager
Taxonomy: Poecilothraupis melanogenys Salvin and Godman, 1880, near San Sebastian, 8000 feet [c. 2440 m], Santa Marta Mountains, Colombia.
Formerly placed with A. lacrymosus and A. igniventris in a separate genus, Poecilothraupis. May form a superspecies with A. lacrymosus, and in the past treated as conspecific. Monotypic.
Distribution: Santa Marta Mts, in N Colombia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched in a tree then moving away. Locality El Dorado Reserve, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 14 November 2012 18 weeks ago 10 sec 4 -
A bird eating fruit. Locality Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Frank Witebsky 6 September 2010 2 years ago 53 sec 3.5 -
distantly moving in tree top Locality El Dorado Reserve, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 17 May 2012 48 weeks ago 14 sec 2
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One of many birds in a mixed species flock.
Locality Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 15 January 2010 1 year ago 3.3 -
In the mist
Locality Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia
Guy Poisson 1 August 2012 39 weeks ago 3 -
One ind foraging next to the trail.
Locality Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Diego Calderon - COLOMBIA... 1 May 2009 3 years ago 2
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