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ForestMedium · 63 g
What the Masked Mountain Tanager sounds like
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The masked mountain tanager is a large species, measuring 20 cm (7.9 in) long on average and weighing 62–63 g (2.2–2.2 oz). Male have black "masks" on their faces extending from the sides of the head down to the neck. There is a bright yellow band around the mask and on the forehead, separating the mask from the yellowish-olive crown and neck, which grade into the olive-green back. The rump is again bright yellow. The underparts are broadly bright mustard-yellow, brightest near the throat and neck, with olive streaks along the other portions.
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When to see the Masked Mountain Tanager
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Masked Mountain Tanager
The map shades 2 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Venezuela.
About the Masked Mountain Tanager
The masked mountain tanager is a vulnerable species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is the only member of the genus Tephrophilus. 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.
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Easily confused with
St. Lucia Black FinchMelanospiza richardsoniThe Saint Lucia black finch is a small (13–14 cm; 18–23 g) brown or black finch-like bird with a strong black bill.
Black-billed Seed FinchSporophila atrirostrisThe black-billed seed finch is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
Seven-colored TanagerTangara fastuosaThe seven-coloured tanager is a 13.5 cm bird named for the spectacular range in colouration of its feathers.
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