Green-tailed Trainbearer vs Mountain Coati

Lesbia nuna compared with Nasua olivacea

Key Differences

• Green-tailed Trainbearer is Least Concern while Mountain Coati is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Green-tailed Trainbearer	Mountain Coati
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Trochilidae	Procyonidae (Raccoons)
Genus	Lesbia	Nasua
Species	Lesbia nuna	Nasua olivacea

Evolutionary Relationship

Green-tailed Trainbearer and Mountain Coati share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Green-tailed Trainbearer

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Coati

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Green-tailed Trainbearer	Mountain Coati
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Green-tailed Trainbearer

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Mountain Coati

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Ecuador and Venezuela. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Green-tailed Trainbearer

A medium-sized Andean hummingbird with a long, deeply forked green tail — the longest tail relative to body size among trainbearer hummingbirds — male green-tailed trainbearers inhabit open grassland, scrub, and Andean hedgerows from Ecuador to Bolivia at elevations of 2,000–4,000 meters. Males perform aerial display flights with the ornamental tail streaming behind. Found in semi-open Andean landscapes including gardens, agricultural areas, and páramo edges where they feed at diverse flowering plants.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇪🇨 Ecuador 🇻🇪 Venezuela