Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager vs Corn spurry

Anisognathus somptuosus compared with Spergula arvensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager	Corn spurry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Thraupidae	Caryophyllaceae
Genus	Anisognathus	Spergula
Species	Anisognathus somptuosus	Spergula arvensis

Conservation Status

Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager

LC — Least Concern

Corn spurry

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager	Corn spurry
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.

Corn spurry

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 5 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (10 countries), Europe (20 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (6 countries).

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.