Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager vs Cornflag

Anisognathus somptuosus compared with Gladiolus communis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager	Cornflag
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Thraupidae	Iridaceae
Genus	Anisognathus	Gladiolus
Species	Anisognathus somptuosus	Gladiolus communis

Conservation Status

Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager

LC — Least Concern

Cornflag

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager	Cornflag
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.

Cornflag

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (11 countries), North America (Dominican Republic, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Colombia, Peru).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇳🇴 Norway