Large Garden Humble-bee vs Scaled Fruiteater

Bombus ruderatus compared with Ampelioides tschudii

Key Differences

• Large Garden Humble-bee is Extinct while Scaled Fruiteater is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large Garden Humble-bee	Scaled Fruiteater
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Passeriformes (Songbirds)
Family	Apidae (Bees)	Cotingidae
Genus	Bombus	Ampelioides
Species	Bombus ruderatus	Ampelioides tschudii

Evolutionary Relationship

Large Garden Humble-bee and Scaled Fruiteater share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Large Garden Humble-bee

EX — Extinct

Scaled Fruiteater

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Large Garden Humble-bee	Scaled Fruiteater
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large Garden Humble-bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile).

Scaled Fruiteater

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Scaled Fruiteater

Scaled Fruiteater (Ampelioides tschudii) 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 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway