Balloon vine vs Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan

Cardiospermum halicacabum compared with Andigena hypoglauca

Key Differences

Balloon vine is Not Evaluated while Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Balloon vine	Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Piciformes (Piciformes)
Family	Sapindaceae	Ramphastidae
Genus	Cardiospermum	Andigena
Species	Cardiospermum halicacabum	Andigena hypoglauca

Conservation Status

Balloon vine

NE — Not Evaluated

Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Balloon vine	Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Balloon vine

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including flooded grasslands and savannas, deserts and xeric shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (12 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Norway. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Balloon vine

The Balloon vine (Cardiospermum halicacabum) is a species in the genus Cardiospermum. Found across multiple habitat types including flooded grasslands and savannas, deserts and xeric shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan

Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan (Andigena hypoglauca) is classified as Near Threatened (NT) on the IUCN Red List. Close to qualifying as threatened, with populations that may become vulnerable without conservation action.