Cedro Rojo vs Frutero Escamado

Cedrela odorata compared with Ampelioides tschudii

Key Differences

• Cedro Rojo is Endangered while Frutero Escamado is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cedro Rojo	Frutero Escamado
Kingdom	Plantae (planta)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Passeriformes (paseriformes)
Family	Meliaceae	Cotingidae
Genus	Cedrela	Ampelioides
Species	Cedrela odorata	Ampelioides tschudii

Conservation Status

Cedro Rojo

EN — Endangered

Frutero Escamado

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cedro Rojo	Frutero Escamado
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cedro Rojo

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 9 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (Taiwan), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Frutero Escamado

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Frutero Escamado

El frutero escamado (Ampelioides tschudii) esta clasificado como Preocupacion Menor (LC) en la Lista Roja de la UICN. Es una especie ampliamente distribuida y abundante en su area de distribucion, con poblaciones estables y sin problemas de conservacion inmediatos.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia