Coiban Mastuff Bat vs loro choclí

Molossus coibensis compared with Amazona amazonica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Coiban Mastuff Bat	loro choclí
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Psittaciformes (Parrots)
Family	Molossidae	Psittacidae (True Parrots)
Genus	Molossus	Amazona
Species	Molossus coibensis	Amazona amazonica

Evolutionary Relationship

Coiban Mastuff Bat and loro choclí share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

Conservation Status

Coiban Mastuff Bat

LC — Least Concern

loro choclí

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Coiban Mastuff Bat	loro choclí
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Coiban Mastuff Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

loro choclí

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (6 countries), North America (Barbados, Saint Lucia, United States), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

Coiban Mastuff Bat

The Coiban Mastuff Bat (Molossus coibensis) is a small free-tailed bat in the family Molossidae, named for Coiba Island off the Pacific coast of Panama, where specimens were first collected. Members of the genus Molossus are robust, fast-flying insectivores adapted to open-air foraging above the forest canopy and over water, characterised by narrow wings and a tail that extends beyond the patagium (wing membrane). Molossus coibensis inhabits lowland tropical forests and adjacent open habitats in Central America and northwestern South America, with confirmed records from Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, and Panama, indicating a distributional range that extends well beyond its type locality on Coiba Island. Like other mastiff bats, it roosts in crevices within buildings, rock faces, and hollow trees, emerging at dusk to pursue aerial insects at speed. The species feeds primarily on large beetles, moths, and other night-flying insects, typically hunted high above the forest. It is assessed as Least Concern by the IUCN based on its relatively wide range and tolerance of modified habitats. Molossus coibensis was long treated as a subspecies of Molossus molossus before being recognised as a distinct species based on morphological and molecular evidence. Ecological and life-history data specific to this taxon remain limited.

loro choclí

El loro amazónico de alas naranjas (Amazona amazonica) es una amazona de tamaño mediano que habita los bosques tropicales y secundarios de América del Sur. Presenta plumaje predominantemente verde con llamativas manchas naranja en las alas visibles en vuelo, y azul y amarillo en la cabeza. Se distribuye desde Colombia y Trinidad hacia el este hasta Venezuela, las Guayanas y al sur a través de Brasil y Bolivia. Es una de las amazonas más comunes y extendidas, vive en bandadas ruidosas y duerme en comunidad. Es muy popular como mascota en América Latina y a nivel internacional.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador 🇻🇪 Venezuela