Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan vs Himalayan Maple

Andigena hypoglauca compared with Acer oblongum

Key Differences

• Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan is Near Threatened while Himalayan Maple is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan	Himalayan Maple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Piciformes (Piciformes)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Ramphastidae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Andigena	Acer
Species	Andigena hypoglauca	Acer oblongum

Conservation Status

Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan

NT — Near Threatened

Himalayan Maple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan	Himalayan Maple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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.

Himalayan Maple

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, temperate coniferous forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Afghanistan, Algeria, and Tanzania.

Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan

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.