Black-billed Mountain-Toucan vs Gritty Pixie-Cup Lichen

Andigena nigrirostris compared with Cladonia merochlorophaea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-billed Mountain-Toucan	Gritty Pixie-Cup Lichen
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)
Order	Piciformes (Piciformes)	Lecanorales (Lecanorales)
Family	Ramphastidae	Cladoniaceae
Genus	Andigena	Cladonia
Species	Andigena nigrirostris	Cladonia merochlorophaea

Conservation Status

Black-billed Mountain-Toucan

LC — Least Concern

Gritty Pixie-Cup Lichen

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-billed Mountain-Toucan	Gritty Pixie-Cup Lichen
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.

Gritty Pixie-Cup Lichen

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇳🇴 Norway