gavião-pedrês vs Margay

Buteo nitidus compared with Leopardus wiedii

Key Differences

• gavião-pedrês is Least Concern while Margay is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	gavião-pedrês	Margay
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Aves (ave)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Accipitriformes (Hawks & Eagles)	Carnivora (carnívoros)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Buteo	Leopardus
Species	Buteo nitidus	Leopardus wiedii

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

gavião-pedrês

LC — Least Concern

Margay

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	gavião-pedrês	Margay
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

gavião-pedrês

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Margay

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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 3 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador 🇻🇪 Venezuela