Black-billed Mountain-Toucan vs Giant dodder

Andigena nigrirostris compared with Cuscuta reflexa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-billed Mountain-Toucan	Giant dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Piciformes (Piciformes)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Ramphastidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Andigena	Cuscuta
Species	Andigena nigrirostris	Cuscuta reflexa

Conservation Status

Black-billed Mountain-Toucan

LC — Least Concern

Giant dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-billed Mountain-Toucan	Giant dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-billed Mountain-Toucan

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Giant dodder

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Bhutan, Mauritius, and United States.

Black-billed Mountain-Toucan

Black-billed Mountain-Toucan (Andigena nigrirostris) 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.