Scaled Fruiteater vs

Ampelioides tschudii compared with Stephanoeca kentii

Key Differences

Scaled Fruiteater is Least Concern while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Scaled Fruiteater
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Protozoa (protozoa)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Choanozoa (Choanozoa)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Choanoflagellatea (Choanoflagellatea)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Choanoflagellida (Choanoflagellida)
Family	Cotingidae	Acanthoecidae
Genus	Ampelioides	Stephanoeca
Species	Ampelioides tschudii	Stephanoeca kentii

Conservation Status

Scaled Fruiteater

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Scaled Fruiteater
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Scaled Fruiteater

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

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.

Stephanoeca kentii is a loricate choanoflagellate, a marine unicellular organism that constructs a delicate basket-like structure (lorica) of siliceous strips surrounding its cell. It inhabits coastal and oceanic waters where it feeds on picoplankton bacteria. Choanoflagellates like this species are of scientific interest as the closest living unicellular relatives of animals.