Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager vs Redbox

Anisognathus melanogenys compared with Eucalyptus polyanthemos

Key Differences

• Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager is Least Concern while Redbox is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager	Redbox
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Thraupidae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Anisognathus	Eucalyptus
Species	Anisognathus melanogenys	Eucalyptus polyanthemos

Conservation Status

Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager

LC — Least Concern

Redbox

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager	Redbox
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.

Redbox

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Rwanda), Asia (India, Taiwan), Europe (Portugal), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.