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title: "Blaurücken-Bergtangare"
description: "Buthraupis montana — Vögel. The hooded mountain tanager (Buthraupis montana) is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/hooded-mountain-tanager
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blaurücken-Bergtangare

> Buthraupis montana — Vögel. The hooded mountain tanager (Buthraupis montana) is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae.

- Scientific name: *Buthraupis montana*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald), `mountains` (Gebirge)
- iNaturalist observations: 940
- Wikidata: [Q1586718](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1586718)
- iNaturalist taxon: [10381](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/10381)

## Names

- en: Hooded Mountain-Tanager
- de: Blaurücken-Bergtangare
- es: Azulejo Real
- fr: Tangara montagnard
- nl: Blauwrugbergtangare
- pl: Andotanager kapturowy

## Countries with the most observations

CO (342), EC (295), PE (133), BO (108)

## Summary

The hooded mountain tanager (Buthraupis montana) is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is the only member of the genus Buthraupis. It is found in the forests and woodlands of the Andean highlands of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela, at altitudes between 1,800 and 3,000 m (5,900 and 9,800 ft). At 23 centimetres (9.1 in) and 96 grams (3.4 oz), it is one of the largest tanagers. It has a black head and thighs, a blue back and bright yellow belly, with red eyes.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooded_mountain_tanager

## Photo

![Blaurücken-Bergtangare](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hooded-mountain-tanager/medium.jpg)

Photo: Manuel Roncal · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105736263

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/hooded-mountain-tanager?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).