Anisognathus

Anisognathus is a genus of boldly colored tanagers found in the highland forests and woodlands of South America.

Anisognathus
Blue-winged mountain tanager (Anisognathus somptuosus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Anisognathus Reichenbach, 1850
Type species
Tanagra igniventris d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837
Species
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Taxonomy and species list

The genus Anisognathus was introduced in 1850 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach.^[1] The type species was subsequently designated as the scarlet-bellied mountain tanager by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte.^[2][3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek anisos meaning "unequal" and gnathos meaning "lower jaw".^[4] Five species are placed in this genus.^[5]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Anisognathus melanogenys	Santa Marta mountain tanager	Santa Marta Mountains in Colombia
	Anisognathus lacrymosus	Lacrimose mountain tanager	Venezuela, through Colombia and Ecuador, to Peru.
	Anisognathus igniventris	Scarlet-bellied mountain tanager	Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela
	Anisognathus somptuosus	Blue-winged mountain tanager	Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil
	Anisognathus notabilis	Black-chinned mountain tanager	Colombia and Ecuador