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.
| Santa Marta mountain tanager | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Anisognathus |
| Species: | A. melanogenys
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| Anisognathus melanogenys | |
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References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Anisognathus melanogenys". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22722624A119447243. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22722624A119447243.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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