Lacrimose Mountain Tanager

Anisognathus lacrymosus

(Du Bus de Gisignies, B-AL, 1846)
Tangara Lacrimosa

Family: Thraupidae
Order: Passeriformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Synonyms: Tachyphonus lacrymosus.

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Records from Camino Estrella de agua

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Description

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.

The bird is named Lacrimose (i.e. crying) for the yellow patch below the eye that suggests tears.

Source: Wikipedia, article Anisognathus lacrymosus. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 16/07/2026.