Golden-backed Mountain-tanager | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Buthraupis |
Species: | B. aureodorsalis |
Binomial name | |
Buthraupis aureodorsalis Blake & Hocking, 1974 |
The Golden-backed Mountain-tanager (Buthraupis aureodorsalis) is an endangered species of bird in the tanager family. This large and brightly coloured tanager is endemic to elfin forests in the Andean highlands of central Peru. It is threatened by habitat loss.