Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager vs Grayish Saltator

Anisognathus melanogenys compared with Saltator coerulescens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager	Grayish Saltator
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Aves (Birds)	Aves (Birds)
Order same	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Passeriformes (Songbirds)
Family same	Thraupidae	Thraupidae
Genus	Anisognathus	Saltator
Species	Anisognathus melanogenys	Saltator coerulescens

Evolutionary Relationship

Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager and Grayish Saltator share a common ancestor at the Family level: Thraupidae.

View Family: Thraupidae

Conservation Status

Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager

LC — Least Concern

Grayish Saltator

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager	Grayish Saltator
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.

Grayish Saltator

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.

Grayish Saltator

A medium-large, stocky bird with grey upper parts, whitish underparts, and a distinctive white throat bordered by a black malar stripe, grayish saltators inhabit forest edges, gardens, and secondary woodland across a vast range from Mexico through Central America to Bolivia and Argentina. Highly adaptable, they thrive in suburban parks and gardens across tropical Latin America. They produce rich, varied melodious songs and are among the more commonly observed large songbirds in disturbed neotropical landscapes.