Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager vs Light Red Meranti

Anisognathus melanogenys compared with Shorea lepidota

Key Differences

• Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager is Least Concern while Light Red Meranti is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager	Light Red Meranti
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Thraupidae	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus	Anisognathus	Shorea
Species	Anisognathus melanogenys	Shorea lepidota

Conservation Status

Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager

LC — Least Concern

Light Red Meranti

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager	Light Red Meranti
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.

Light Red Meranti

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.