Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan vs Nutmeg

Andigena hypoglauca compared with Myristica fragrans

Key Differences

• Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan is Near Threatened while Nutmeg is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan	Nutmeg
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Piciformes (Piciformes)	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)
Family	Ramphastidae	Myristicaceae
Genus	Andigena	Myristica
Species	Andigena hypoglauca	Myristica fragrans

Conservation Status

Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan

NT — Near Threatened

Nutmeg

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan	Nutmeg
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.

Nutmeg

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles), Asia (India, Laos, Taiwan), and South America (Brazil).

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.