Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thraupidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonas, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. No Data
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Alto Nieva, San Martin
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Alto Nieva, San Martin
Status: The Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager is fairly common montane forests of the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 1000-2200 m. It also occurs in Co, Ec, and Bo.
Name in Spanish:Tangara-Montaña de Ala Azul.
Sub-species: Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager (Anisognathus somptuosus somptuosus), (Lesson), 1831. E slope of Andes in extreme S Ecuador (Zamora–Chinchipe) S to C Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba).
(Anisognathus somptuosus flavinucha), (d’Orbigny and Lafresnaye), 1837. E slope of Andes in Peru (from Puno) S to S Bolivia (Chuquisaca).
Meaning of Name: Anisognathus: Gr. Anisos= unequal and gnathos= lower jaw; alluding to the stubby, almost bullfinch-like bills of these mountain tanagers. somptuosus: L. sumptuosus= extravagant, costly.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2016.