Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan vs Royal Tern

Andigena hypoglauca compared with Thalasseus maximus

Key Differences

• Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan is Near Threatened while Royal Tern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan	Royal Tern
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Aves (Birds)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Piciformes (Piciformes)	Charadriiformes (Charadriiformes)
Family	Ramphastidae	Laridae
Genus	Andigena	Thalasseus
Species	Andigena hypoglauca	Thalasseus maximus

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan

NT — Near Threatened

Royal Tern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan	Royal Tern
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.

Royal Tern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, Sweden, and Venezuela.

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.

Royal Tern

Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Widespread and abundant across its range, with stable populations and no immediate conservation concerns.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador 🇳🇴 Norway