Hooded mountain tanager

Hooded mountain tanager
Buthraupis montana cucullata, Colombia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Buthraupis
Cabanis, 1851
Species:
B. montana
Binomial name
Buthraupis montana
Hooded mountain tanager range map
In Peru

The hooded mountain tanager (Buthraupis montana) is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is the only member of the genus Buthraupis. This yellow, blue and black tanager is found in forest, woodland and shrub in the Andean highlands of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. At 23 centimetres (9.1 in) and 85 grams (3.0 oz), it is one of the largest tanagers (second in weight only to the white-capped tanager).

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Buthraupis montana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22722601A94774641. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22722601A94774641.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.