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

NTNear ThreatenedEndemicFruit

ForestMedium · 85 g

Golden-backed Mountain Tanager (Cnemathraupis aureodorsalis), photo 1 — Photo: David F. Belmonte · CC BY 4.0

Golden-backed Mountain Tanager (Cnemathraupis aureodorsalis), photo 2 — Photo: David F. Belmonte · CC BY 4.0

Golden-backed Mountain Tanager (Cnemathraupis aureodorsalis), photo 3 — Photo: RJ Baltierra · CC BY 4.0

Golden-backed Mountain Tanager (Cnemathraupis aureodorsalis), photo 4 — Photo: RJ Baltierra · CC BY 4.0

Golden-backed Mountain Tanager (Cnemathraupis aureodorsalis), photo 5 — Photo: (c) RJ Baltierra, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Golden-backed Mountain Tanager (Cnemathraupis aureodorsalis), photo 6 — Photo: (c) David F. Belmonte, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Golden-backed Mountain Tanager (Cnemathraupis aureodorsalis), photo 7 — Photo: (c) David F. Belmonte, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

When to see the Golden-backed Mountain Tanager

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Where to see the Golden-backed Mountain Tanager

Regular range

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Peru

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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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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