Brown Spider Monkey vs gavião-pedrês

Ateles hybridus compared with Buteo nitidus

Key Differences

• Brown Spider Monkey is Critically Endangered while gavião-pedrês is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Spider Monkey	gavião-pedrês
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Aves (ave)
Order	Primates (primatas)	Accipitriformes (Hawks & Eagles)
Family	Atelidae	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)
Genus	Ateles	Buteo
Species	Ateles hybridus	Buteo nitidus

Evolutionary Relationship

Brown Spider Monkey and gavião-pedrês share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

Conservation Status

Brown Spider Monkey

CR — Critically Endangered

gavião-pedrês

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Spider Monkey	gavião-pedrês
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brown Spider Monkey

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Neotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

gavião-pedrês

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Brown Spider Monkey

The Brown Spider Monkey (Ateles hybridus) is a species in the genus Ateles. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the

gavião-pedrês

O gavião-de-linha-cinza (Buteo nitidus) está classificado como Pouco Preocupante (LC) na Lista Vermelha da UICN. Amplamente distribuído e abundante em sua área de ocorrência, com populações estáveis e sem preocupações imediatas de conservação.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇻🇪 Venezuela