| Anisognathus | |
|---|---|
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| Blue-winged mountain tanager (Anisognathus somptuosus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Anisognathus L. Reichenbach, 1850 |
| Type species | |
| Tanagra igniventris d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837 | |
| Species | |
| See text | |
Anisognathus is a genus of boldly colored tanagers found in the highland forests and woodlands of South America.
Taxonomy and species list
The 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anisognathus melanogenys | Santa Marta mountain tanager | Santa Marta Mountains in Colombia | |
.jpg')) | Anisognathus lacrymosus | Lacrimose mountain tanager | Venezuela, through Colombia and Ecuador, to Peru. |
) | Anisognathus igniventris | Scarlet-bellied mountain tanager | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela |
) | Anisognathus somptuosus | Blue-winged mountain tanager | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil |
) | Anisognathus notabilis | Black-chinned mountain tanager | Colombia and Ecuador |
References
- ^ Reichenbach, Ludwig (1850). Avium Systema Naturale (in German). 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. Volume 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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