Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager vs Desert Indigo

Anisognathus melanogenys compared with Indigofera brevidens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager	Desert Indigo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Thraupidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Anisognathus	Indigofera
Species	Anisognathus melanogenys	Indigofera brevidens

Conservation Status

Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager

LC — Least Concern

Desert Indigo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager	Desert Indigo
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.

Desert Indigo

Habitat

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

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.