Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager vs Ripgut brome

Anisognathus melanogenys compared with Bromus diandrus

Key Differences

Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager is Least Concern while Ripgut brome is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager	Ripgut brome
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Thraupidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Anisognathus	Bromus
Species	Anisognathus melanogenys	Bromus diandrus

Conservation Status

Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager

LC — Least Concern

Ripgut brome

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager	Ripgut brome
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.

Ripgut brome

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe), Asia (India, Taiwan, Timor-Leste), Europe (13 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile, Ecuador). 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.