Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager vs Checkerberry

Anisognathus somptuosus compared with Gaultheria procumbens

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager	Checkerberry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Thraupidae	Ericaceae
Genus	Anisognathus	Gaultheria
Species	Anisognathus somptuosus	Gaultheria procumbens

Conservation Status

Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager

LC — Least Concern

Checkerberry

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager	Checkerberry
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.

Checkerberry

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

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.

Checkerberry

The Checkerberry (Gaultheria procumbens) is a species in the genus Gaultheria. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway