Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager vs Greater dodder

Anisognathus somptuosus compared with Cuscuta europaea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager	Greater dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Thraupidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Anisognathus	Cuscuta
Species	Anisognathus somptuosus	Cuscuta europaea

Conservation Status

Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager

LC — Least Concern

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager	Greater dodder
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.

Greater dodder

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bhutan, Turkey), Europe (5 countries), and North America (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.