Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager vs limestone fern

Anisognathus somptuosus compared with Gymnocarpium robertianum

Key Differences

Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager is Least Concern while limestone fern is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager	limestone fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Aves (Birds)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Thraupidae	Cystopteridaceae
Genus	Anisognathus	Gymnocarpium
Species	Anisognathus somptuosus	Gymnocarpium robertianum

Conservation Status

Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager

LC — Least Concern

limestone fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager	limestone fern
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.

limestone fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.