Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager vs star-thistle

Anisognathus melanogenys compared with Centaurea calcitrapa

Key Differences

Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager is Least Concern while star-thistle is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager	star-thistle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Thraupidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Anisognathus	Centaurea
Species	Anisognathus melanogenys	Centaurea calcitrapa

Conservation Status

Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager

LC — Least Concern

star-thistle

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager	star-thistle
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.

star-thistle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (India, Japan), Europe (18 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).

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.