Masked Mountain Tanager
Tephrophilus wetmorei
- Vulnerable
- Card rarity: Rare
- Birds
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.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thraupidae
- Genus
- Tephrophilus