Black-cheeked Mountain Tanager

Anisognathus melanogenys

The Santa Marta mountain tanager, 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.

Scientific name

Anisognathus melanogenys

Family

Tanagers and Allies

IUCN status

LC