Masked Mountain-tanager

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Masked Mountain-tanager
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Buthraupis
Species: B. wetmorei
Binomial name
Buthraupis wetmorei
(Moore,RT, 1934)

The Masked Mountain-tanager (Buthraupis wetmorei) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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