Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager vs Small shell ginger

Anisognathus somptuosus compared with Alpinia mutica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager	Small shell ginger
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)
Family	Thraupidae	Zingiberaceae
Genus	Anisognathus	Alpinia
Species	Anisognathus somptuosus	Alpinia mutica

Conservation Status

Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager

LC — Least Concern

Small shell ginger

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager	Small shell ginger
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.

Small shell ginger

Habitat

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

Range

Found in 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.