Black-faced Tanager vs Blind Small-eared Shrew

Schistochlamys melanopis compared with Cryptotis niausa

Key Differences

• Black-faced Tanager is Least Concern while Blind Small-eared Shrew is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-faced Tanager	Blind Small-eared Shrew
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Thraupidae	Soricidae
Genus	Schistochlamys	Cryptotis
Species	Schistochlamys melanopis	Cryptotis niausa

Evolutionary Relationship

Black-faced Tanager and Blind Small-eared Shrew share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Black-faced Tanager

LC — Least Concern

Blind Small-eared Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-faced Tanager	Blind Small-eared Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-faced Tanager

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Blind Small-eared Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

Black-faced Tanager

A medium-sized tanager with a distinctive black face mask contrasting with grey-white body plumage, black-faced tanagers inhabit forest edges, secondary woodland, cerrado, and open scrub across a broad range from Colombia and Venezuela south through the Guianas and Brazil. They are adaptable birds tolerant of disturbed and degraded habitats, foraging on fruit, berries, and insects in pairs and small groups. Listed as Least Concern and among the more common tanagers in disturbed habitats across northern South America.

Blind Small-eared Shrew

The Blind Small-eared Shrew (Cryptotis niausa) is a species in the genus Cryptotis. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador