Tanagers (Thraupidae)

Scarlet-bellied Mountain-tanager (Anisognathus igniventris) - HBW 16, p. 203

French: Tangara à ventre rouge German: Mennigohr-Bergtangare Spanish: Tangara Ventriescarlata
Other common names: Black-bellied Mountain-tanager (lunulatus)

Taxonomy: A.[glaia] igniventris d’Orbigny and Lafresnaye, 1837, Apolobamba, Bolivia.
Formerly placed with A. melanogenys and A. lacrymosus in a separate genus, Poecilothraupis. Four subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • lunulatus (du Bus de Gisignies, 1839) - Andes of W Venezuela (S Táchira) and adjacent Colombia (Norte de Santander S in E Andes to Cundinamarca).
  • erythrotus (Jardine & Selby, 1840) - C Andes of Colombia (Caldas, Cauca, Huila, and both slopes in Nariño) S through Ecuador to N Peru (N of R Marañón, S to R Chamaya).
  • ignicrissa (Cabanis, 1873) - E slope of Andes of Peru S of R Marañón (C Cajamarca S of R Chamaya, and from Amazonas S to Junín).
  • igniventris (d’Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) - E slope of Peru (from Junín) S to Bolivia (Santa Cruz).