- Masked Mountain-tanager
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Masked Mountain-tanager Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Thraupidae Genus: Buthraupis Species: B. wetmorei Binomial name Buthraupis wetmorei
(R. T. Moore, 1934)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
- BirdLife International 2004. Buthraupis wetmorei. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 16 July 2009.
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