Santa Marta Mountain Tanager

Anisognathus melanogenys

(Salvin, O; Godman, FD, 1880)
Cachaquito de Mejillas Negras

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

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Synonyms: Poecilothraupis melanogenys.

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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

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The Santa Marta mountain tanager (Anisognathus melanogenys), also known as the black-cheeked mountain tanager, is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to highland forest in the Santa Marta Mountains in Colombia. It is closely related to the widespread lacrimose mountain tanager, but the distributions of the two do not overlap.

Source: Wikipedia, article Anisognathus melanogenys. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.

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30/03/2023

Colombia

Magdalena

Reserva Natural El Dorado, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

Hugo Caverzasi