Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan vs Queen sago

Andigena hypoglauca compared with Cycas circinalis

Key Differences

• Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan is Near Threatened while Queen sago is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan	Queen sago
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Aves (Birds)	Cycadopsida (Cycadopsida)
Order	Piciformes (Piciformes)	Cycadales (Cycadales)
Family	Ramphastidae	Cycadaceae
Genus	Andigena	Cycas
Species	Andigena hypoglauca	Cycas circinalis

Conservation Status

Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan

NT — Near Threatened

Queen sago

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan	Queen sago
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.

Queen sago

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Marshall Islands, Portugal, South Africa, Taiwan, and United States. Currently classified as 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.