Golden-backed Mountain Tanager

Cnemathraupis aureodorsalis

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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