Lacrimose mountain tanager

The lacrimose mountain tanager (Anisognathus lacrymosus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. 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.[2][3]

Lacrimose mountain tanager
At Manizales, Colombia
Anisognathus lacrymosus - Lacrimose Mountain Tanager (song)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Anisognathus
Species:
A. lacrymosus
Binomial name
Anisognathus lacrymosus
A. l. pallididorsalis is a pale subspecies from the Perijá Mountains

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Anisognathus lacrymosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22722630A132016782. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22722630A132016782.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Ridgely, R.S.; G. Tudor (2009). Birds of South America, Passerines. pp. 606–607. ISBN 978-1-408-11342-4.
  3. ^ Donegan, T.M.; J.E. Avendaño (2010). "A new subspecies of mountain tanager in the Anisognathus lacrymosus complex from the Yariguíes Mountains of Colombia". Bull. B.O.C. 130 (1): 13–32.