Devil's Tooth vs Gray-cowled Wood-Rail

Hydnellum peckii compared with Aramides cajanea

Key Differences

Devil's Tooth is Endangered while Gray-cowled Wood-Rail is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Devil's Tooth	Gray-cowled Wood-Rail
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Gruiformes (Gruiformes)
Family	Bankeraceae	Rallidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Aramides
Species	Hydnellum peckii	Aramides cajanea

Conservation Status

Devil's Tooth

EN — Endangered

Gray-cowled Wood-Rail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Devil's Tooth	Gray-cowled Wood-Rail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Devil's Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Gray-cowled Wood-Rail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Gray-cowled Wood-Rail (Aramides cajanea) 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.