Golden-backed Mountain Tanager (Cnemathraupis aureodorsalis) | Photos, Calls and ID

Near ThreatenedEndemicFruitForestMedium · 85 g

Golden-backed Mountain Tanager (Cnemathraupis aureodorsalis), photo 1 — Photo: (c) RJ Baltierra, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Golden-backed Mountain Tanager (Cnemathraupis aureodorsalis), photo 2 — Photo: (c) David F. Belmonte, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Golden-backed Mountain Tanager (Cnemathraupis aureodorsalis), photo 3 — Photo: (c) David F. Belmonte, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

About the Golden-backed Mountain Tanager

The golden-backed mountain tanager is an Near Threatened species of bird in the tanager family. This large and brightly colored tanager is endemic to elfin forests in the Andean highlands of central Peru. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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Where the Golden-backed Mountain Tanager lives

Regular range

Peru

When to see the Golden-backed Mountain Tanager

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Peak activity in August · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Black-chested Mountain TanagerCnemathraupis eximiaThe black-chested mountain tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

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