Chacoan Peccary vs Green-tailed Trainbearer

Catagonus wagneri compared with Lesbia nuna

Key Differences

• Chacoan Peccary is Endangered while Green-tailed Trainbearer is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Peccary	Green-tailed Trainbearer
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)
Family	Tayassuidae	Trochilidae
Genus	Catagonus	Lesbia
Species	Catagonus wagneri	Lesbia nuna

Evolutionary Relationship

Chacoan Peccary and Green-tailed Trainbearer share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Chacoan Peccary

EN — Endangered

Green-tailed Trainbearer

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Peccary	Green-tailed Trainbearer
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Peccary

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Green-tailed Trainbearer

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Chacoan Peccary

The Chacoan Peccary (Catagonus wagneri) is a species in the genus Catagonus. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.

Green-tailed Trainbearer

A medium-sized Andean hummingbird with a long, deeply forked green tail — the longest tail relative to body size among trainbearer hummingbirds — male green-tailed trainbearers inhabit open grassland, scrub, and Andean hedgerows from Ecuador to Bolivia at elevations of 2,000–4,000 meters. Males perform aerial display flights with the ornamental tail streaming behind. Found in semi-open Andean landscapes including gardens, agricultural areas, and páramo edges where they feed at diverse flowering plants.