Lacrimose Mountain-tanager (Anisognathus lacrymosus)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
17 - 19 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Du Bus & Gisignies, 1846)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 2,100 - 3,600 m, occasionally 1,800 - 3,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (11)...)

Lacrimose Mountain Tanager (Anisognathus lacrymosus) [XC261201]
by Mitch Lysinger from Napo: upper Cordillera de los Huacamayos, Ecuador (song)

Lacrimose Mountain Tanager (Anisognathus lacrymosus) [XC242109]
by Niels Krabbe from Zamora-Chinchipe: near headquarters, Reserva Tapichalaca, Ecuador (song)

Subspecies
Formerly placed with Santa Marta Mountain-tanager (Anisognathus melanogenys) and Fire-bellied Mountain-tanager (Anisognathus igniventris) in a separate genus, Poecilothraupis. May form a superspecies with Santa Marta Mountain-tanager (Anisognathus melanogenys), and in the past treated as conspecific.

The following 9 subspecies are recognised:

pallididorsalis Phelps & Phelps Jr, 1952 - Perij� Mts on northern Colombia-western Venezuela border.
melanops (von Berlepsch, 1893) - Andes of western Venezuela (in Trujillo, M�rida and northern T�chira).
tamae (Phelps & Gilliard, 1941) - Andes of western Venezuela (southern T�chira) and adjacent eastern Andes of Colombia (Norte de Santander and Boyac�).
olivaceiceps (von Berlepsch, 1912) - Colombia at northern end of western Andes (Antioquia) and in central Andes (south to Quind��o and Tolima).
yariguierum Donegan & Avenda�o, 2010 - Colombia on western slope of eastern Andes in Santander (Serran��a de Yaragu��es).
intensus Meyer de Schauensee, 1951 - South-western Colombia on eastern slope of western Andes (Valle and Cauca).
palpebrosus (Lafresnaye, 1847) - Southern Colombia (on both slopes in southern Cauca and Nari�o) and eastern slope of Ecuador (south to at least Morona-Santiago).
caerulescens (Taczanowski & von Berlepsch, 1885) - Eastern slope of Andes in Ecuador (from Loja, or possibly farther north) and northern Peru (south to Cajamarca and northern Amazonas).
lacrymosus (Du Bus & Gisignies, 1846) - Eastern slope in Peru from Amazonas (south of R Mara��n) south to Jun��n, Ayacucho and northern Cuzco).

References
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Files:

JPG files for Lacrimose Mountain-tanager (Anisognathus lacrymosus) - 10 files

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