Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager vs Carelessweed

Anisognathus melanogenys compared with Amaranthus spinosus

Key Differences

• Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager is Least Concern while Carelessweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager	Carelessweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Thraupidae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Anisognathus	Amaranthus
Species	Anisognathus melanogenys	Amaranthus spinosus

Conservation Status

Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager

LC — Least Concern

Carelessweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager	Carelessweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Norway.

Carelessweed

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (22 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (7 countries).

Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager

The Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager (Anisognathus melanogenys) is a species in the genus Anisognathus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments. Distributed across Colombia and Norway.

Carelessweed

The Carelessweed (Amaranthus spinosus) is a species in the genus Amaranthus. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇳🇴 Norway