De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat vs Waved Albatross

Thyroptera devivoi compared with Phoebastria irrorata

Key Differences

• De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat is Data Deficient while Waved Albatross is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat	Waved Albatross
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Procellariiformes (Procellariiformes)
Family	Thyropteridae	Diomedeidae
Genus	Thyroptera	Phoebastria
Species	Thyroptera devivoi	Phoebastria irrorata

Evolutionary Relationship

De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat and Waved Albatross share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Waved Albatross

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat	Waved Albatross
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

De Vivo's Disk-winged Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Waved Albatross

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Norway. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia