Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan vs limestone fern

Andigena hypoglauca compared with Gymnocarpium robertianum

Key Differences

Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan is Near Threatened while limestone fern is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan	limestone fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Aves (Birds)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Piciformes (Piciformes)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Ramphastidae	Cystopteridaceae
Genus	Andigena	Gymnocarpium
Species	Andigena hypoglauca	Gymnocarpium robertianum

Conservation Status

Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan

NT — Near Threatened

limestone fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan	limestone fern
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.

limestone fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

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

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.