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Blue-winged Mountain Tanager

Anisognathus somptuosus(Lesson, RP, 1831)

English (US) Blue-winged Mountain Tanager

The Blue-winged Mountain Tanager (Anisognathus somptuosus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Thraupidae (Tanagers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.

Scientific name
Anisognathus somptuosus
Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
Order
Passeriformes
IUCN Red List
Not Evaluated
English (US)
Blue-winged Mountain Tanager
Described by
(Lesson, RP, 1831)
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Recognised subspecies

The AviList checklist recognises 9 subspecies for this species.

Taxonomic history

First described as
Tachyphonus somptuosus
Described by
(Lesson, RP, 1831)
Type locality
no locality; type from Peru, fide Hellmayr, 1936, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 9, p. 203.
Original description
Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique des ordres, sous-ordres, familles, tribus, genres, sous-genres et races d'oiseaux livr.6 p.463

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

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