Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan vs Plum-throated Cotinga

Andigena hypoglauca compared with Cotinga maynana

Key Differences

Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan is Near Threatened while Plum-throated Cotinga is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan	Plum-throated Cotinga
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Aves (Birds)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Piciformes (Piciformes)	Passeriformes (Songbirds)
Family	Ramphastidae	Cotingidae
Genus	Andigena	Cotinga
Species	Andigena hypoglauca	Cotinga maynana

Evolutionary Relationship

Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan and Plum-throated Cotinga share a common ancestor at the Class level: Aves. (Birds)

View Class: Aves

Conservation Status

Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan

NT — Near Threatened

Plum-throated Cotinga

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan	Plum-throated Cotinga
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.

Plum-throated Cotinga

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Norway.

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.