Marble-fruit Prickly-pear vs Scaled Fruiteater

Opuntia strigil compared with Ampelioides tschudii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Marble-fruit Prickly-pear	Scaled Fruiteater
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Passeriformes (Songbirds)
Family	Cactaceae	Cotingidae
Genus	Opuntia	Ampelioides
Species	Opuntia strigil	Ampelioides tschudii

Conservation Status

Marble-fruit Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

Scaled Fruiteater

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Marble-fruit Prickly-pear	Scaled Fruiteater
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Marble-fruit Prickly-pear

Habitat

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

Scaled Fruiteater

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

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.