黑喙鵎鵼 vs Coiban Mastuff Bat

Ramphastos ambiguus compared with Molossus coibensis

Key Differences

• 黑喙鵎鵼 is Vulnerable while Coiban Mastuff Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	黑喙鵎鵼	Coiban Mastuff Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (动物界)	Animalia (动物界)
Phylum same	Chordata (脊索动物门)	Chordata (脊索动物门)
Class	Aves (鳥綱)	Mammalia (哺乳動物)
Order	Piciformes (鴷形目)	Chiroptera (翼手目)
Family	Ramphastidae	Molossidae
Genus	Ramphastos	Molossus
Species	Ramphastos ambiguus	Molossus coibensis

Evolutionary Relationship

黑喙鵎鵼 and Coiban Mastuff Bat share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (脊索动物门)

Conservation Status

黑喙鵎鵼

VU — Vulnerable

Coiban Mastuff Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	黑喙鵎鵼	Coiban Mastuff Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

黑喙鵎鵼

Habitat

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

Range

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

Coiban Mastuff Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

黑喙鵎鵼

Black-mandibled Toucan（Ramphastos ambiguus）在IUCN红色名录中被列为易危（VU）物种。在野外面临较高的濒危风险，种群数量持续下降，栖息地压力不断增大。

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador 🇻🇪 Venezuela