coral-bean vs Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan

Erythrina fusca compared with Andigena hypoglauca

Key Differences

coral-bean is Least Concern while Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	coral-bean	Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Piciformes (Piciformes)
Family	Fabaceae	Ramphastidae
Genus	Erythrina	Andigena
Species	Erythrina fusca	Andigena hypoglauca

Conservation Status

coral-bean

LC — Least Concern

Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	coral-bean	Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

coral-bean

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Sao Tome and Principe), Oceania and the Pacific (Tonga), 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.

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.