Blue-winged Mountain Tanager
The blue-winged mountain tanager (Anisognathus somptuosus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers. It is found in highland forest and woodland in the Andes of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela, as well as a disjunct population in the Venezuelan Coastal Range. It is a common species and its populations appear to be stable. It is generally bright yellow and black with blue to the wings and tail; some populations have a moss-green back. In Bolivia and southernmost Peru, the rump is blue and the voice is very different; this population is sometimes recognized as a separate species, the Bolivian mountain tanager (A. flavinucha).
Sumaco Napo-Galeras National Park
Loreto, Ecuador
+113 birds+19 mammals
Where the eastern Andean slopes plunge into Amazonian lowlands, pristine cloud forests and montane rainforests cloak the volcanic Sumaco massif […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNatural Munchique National Park
El Tambo, Colombia
+57 birds
Where the Western Cordillera rises dramatically from Colombia’s Pacific lowlands, cloud forest envelops mountain slopes in perpetual mist, creating one […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNatural Serranía de los Yariguíes National Park
El Carmen de Chucurí, Colombia
+62 birds+7 mammals
Where the Magdalena River carves through the Colombian cordillera, a mountainous fortress rises between 800 and 2,650 metres, cloaking nearly […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPuracé National Natural Park
Puracé, Colombia
150+ birds+5 mammals
Where the Andes rear up in southwestern Colombia, volcanic peaks pierce clouds at over 4,700 metres, their flanks cloaked in […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKYanachaga–chemillén National Park
Palcazu, Peru
+141 birds+14 mammals
Where the eastern slopes of the Peruvian Andes plunge into the Amazon basin, montane cloud forest clings to precipitous terrain […]
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