Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan vs Serpentine Sunflower

Andigena hypoglauca compared with Helianthus exilis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan	Serpentine Sunflower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Piciformes (Piciformes)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Ramphastidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Andigena	Helianthus (Sunflowers)
Species	Andigena hypoglauca	Helianthus exilis

Conservation Status

Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan

NT — Near Threatened

Serpentine Sunflower

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan	Serpentine Sunflower
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.

Serpentine Sunflower

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

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.