Big Crested Mastiff Bat vs Black-faced Tanager

Promops centralis compared with Schistochlamys melanopis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Crested Mastiff Bat	Black-faced Tanager
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Passeriformes (Songbirds)
Family	Molossidae	Thraupidae
Genus	Promops	Schistochlamys
Species	Promops centralis	Schistochlamys melanopis

Evolutionary Relationship

Big Crested Mastiff Bat and Black-faced Tanager share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Big Crested Mastiff Bat

LC — Least Concern

Black-faced Tanager

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Crested Mastiff Bat	Black-faced Tanager
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big Crested Mastiff Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Black-faced Tanager

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Big Crested Mastiff Bat

The Big Crested Mastiff Bat (Promops centralis) is a species in the genus Promops. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Black-faced Tanager

A medium-sized tanager with a distinctive black face mask contrasting with grey-white body plumage, black-faced tanagers inhabit forest edges, secondary woodland, cerrado, and open scrub across a broad range from Colombia and Venezuela south through the Guianas and Brazil. They are adaptable birds tolerant of disturbed and degraded habitats, foraging on fruit, berries, and insects in pairs and small groups. Listed as Least Concern and among the more common tanagers in disturbed habitats across northern South America.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador 🇻🇪 Venezuela