Anisognathus

Anisognathus
Blue-winged mountain tanager (Anisognathus somptuosus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Anisognathus Reichenbach, 1850
Type species
Tanagra igniventris d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837
Species
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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
	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

1. Reichenbach, Ludwig (1850). Avium Systema Naturale (in German). Vol. 1. 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.
2. 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].
3. Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 331.
4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 48. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
5. 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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