Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager vs

Anisognathus melanogenys compared with Postia lowei

Key Differences

• Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager is Least Concern while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Thraupidae	Dacryobolaceae
Genus	Anisognathus	Postia
Species	Anisognathus melanogenys	Postia lowei

Conservation Status

Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager
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.

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and Taiwan.

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.

Postia lowei is a soft, white to cream-colored bracket fungus forming annual, shelf-like fruiting bodies on decaying conifer wood. It inhabits boreal and montane coniferous forests, growing on dead fallen logs and stumps. This brown-rot saprotrophic fungus decomposes the cellulose of conifer wood, leaving characteristic brown cubical rot.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway