Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager vs Rusty-faced Parrot

Anisognathus melanogenys compared with Hapalopsittaca amazonina

Key Differences

• Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager is Least Concern while Rusty-faced Parrot is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager	Rusty-faced Parrot
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Aves (Birds)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Psittaciformes (Parrots)
Family	Thraupidae	Psittacidae (True Parrots)
Genus	Anisognathus	Hapalopsittaca
Species	Anisognathus melanogenys	Hapalopsittaca amazonina

Evolutionary Relationship

Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager and Rusty-faced Parrot share a common ancestor at the Class level: Aves. (Birds)

Conservation Status

Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager

LC — Least Concern

Rusty-faced Parrot

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager	Rusty-faced Parrot
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.

Rusty-faced Parrot

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela. 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.

Rusty-faced Parrot

A medium-sized parrot of the high-altitude cloud forests and Andean slopes of Colombia and Venezuela, rusty-faced parrots have green plumage with a distinctive orange-rufous face and forehead. They inhabit humid mountain forests between 1,500–3,000 meters and are little studied due to their remote, steep habitat. Listed as Vulnerable due to ongoing deforestation of Andean cloud forests. They move seasonally with food availability across forested ridges.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇳🇴 Norway