Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager vs boxthorn

Anisognathus somptuosus compared with Lycium europaeum

Key Differences

• Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager is Least Concern while boxthorn is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager	boxthorn
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Thraupidae	Solanaceae
Genus	Anisognathus	Lycium
Species	Anisognathus somptuosus	Lycium europaeum

Conservation Status

Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager

LC — Least Concern

boxthorn

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager	boxthorn
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

boxthorn

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Croatia, France, India, Portugal, and Spain.

Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager

Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager (Anisognathus somptuosus) is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Widespread and abundant across its range, with stable populations and no immediate conservation concerns.

boxthorn

The Boxthorn (Lycium europaeum) is a species in the genus Lycium. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. It is found in Croatia, France, India, Portugal and Spain.