Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager vs Mountain Cherry

Anisognathus melanogenys compared with Prunus prostrata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager	Mountain Cherry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Thraupidae	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Anisognathus	Prunus (Cherries & Plums)
Species	Anisognathus melanogenys	Prunus prostrata

Conservation Status

Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Cherry

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager	Mountain Cherry
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.

Mountain Cherry

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.