NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Black-cheeked Mountain Tanager
Anisognathus melanogenys (Salvin & Godman, 1880)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager from El Dorado Nature Reserve, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia.
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Open encyclopedia reference
The Santa Marta mountain tanager (Anisognathus melanogenys), also known as the black-cheeked mountain tanager, is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to highland forest in the Santa Marta Mountains in Colombia. It is closely related to the widespread lacrimose mountain tanager, but the distributions of the two do not overlap.
Wikipedia contributors, Santa Marta mountain tanager; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T12:11:28.991495+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Anisognathus melanogenys (Salvin & Godman, 1880)
- Name authority
- (Salvin & Godman, 1880)
- Common name
- Black-cheeked Mountain Tanager
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thraupidae
- Genus
- Anisognathus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyThraupidae
- genusAnisognathus Reichenbach, 1850
- speciesAnisognathus melanogenys (Salvin & Godman, 1880)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Anisognathus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Lacrimose Mountain TanagerAnisognathus lacrymosus (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1846) | ThraupidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-chinned Mountain TanagerAnisognathus notabilis (P. L. Sclater, 1855) | ThraupidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue-winged Mountain TanagerAnisognathus somptuosus (R. Lesson, 1831) | ThraupidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fire-bellied Mountain-tanagerAnisognathus igniventris (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) | ThraupidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Poecilothraupis melanogenys Salvin & Godman, 1880 Salvin & Godman, 1880 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=558598 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:66RHD. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.