Anisognathus is a genus of boldly colored tanagers found in the highland forests and woodlands of South America.
| Anisognathus | |
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| Blue-winged mountain tanager (Anisognathus somptuosus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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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Taxonomy and species list
editThe 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 |
References
edit- ^ Reichenbach, Ludwig (1850). Avium Systema Naturale (in German). Vol. 1. Dresden and Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister. Plate LXXVII. For the publication date see: Dickinson, E.C.; Overstreet, L.K.; Dowsett, R.J.; Bruce, M.D. (2011). Priority! The Dating of Scientific Names in Ornithology: a Directory to the literature and its reviewers. Northampton, UK: Aves Press. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-9568611-1-5.
- ^ Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1851). "Note sur les Tangaras, leurs affinités, et descriptions d'espèces nouvelles". Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée. 2nd series (in French). 3: 129–145, 168–179 [172].
- ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 331.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 48. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
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