Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager vs Gray-chinned Hermit

Anisognathus melanogenys compared with Phaethornis griseogularis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager	Gray-chinned Hermit
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Aves (Birds)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)
Family	Thraupidae	Trochilidae
Genus	Anisognathus	Phaethornis
Species	Anisognathus melanogenys	Phaethornis griseogularis

Evolutionary Relationship

Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager and Gray-chinned Hermit share a common ancestor at the Class level: Aves. (Birds)

View Class: Aves

Conservation Status

Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager

LC — Least Concern

Gray-chinned Hermit

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager	Gray-chinned Hermit
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.

Gray-chinned Hermit

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

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.

Gray-chinned Hermit

A small, inconspicuous hermit hummingbird of dry and humid forests in the Andes from Colombia to Bolivia, gray-chinned hermits have brownish upper parts, grey chin, and pale buff underparts with a white-tipped central tail — a subtle palette compared to many hummingbirds. They inhabit forest understorey and shrubby forest edge at elevations of 300–1,600 meters, following systematic trap-line routes to visit flowering plants. Males gather at leks to attract females through persistent vocalization.