Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager vs lime prickly-ash

Anisognathus melanogenys compared with Zanthoxylum fagara

Key Differences

Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager is Least Concern while lime prickly-ash is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager	lime prickly-ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Thraupidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Anisognathus	Zanthoxylum
Species	Anisognathus melanogenys	Zanthoxylum fagara

Conservation Status

Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager

LC — Least Concern

lime prickly-ash

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager	lime prickly-ash
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.

lime prickly-ash

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.