Masked mountain tanager

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Masked mountain tanager
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Buthraupis
Species:
B. wetmorei
Binomial name
Buthraupis wetmorei
(R. T. Moore, 1934)
Synonyms
  • Tephrophilus wetmorei

The masked mountain tanager (Buthraupis wetmorei) is a vulnerable species of bird in the tanager family. This large and colourful tanager is endemic to elfin forest, woodland and shrub in the Andean highlands of southern Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru. It is generally rare or uncommon, and is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Buthraupis wetmorei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)