ecological niche vs status

ecological niche and status both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ecological niche	Yes	No	No	No
status	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, status is a hypernym of ecological niche; that is, status is a word with a broader meaning than ecological niche:

ecological niche: (ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)
status: a state at a particular time

Other hypernyms of ecological niche include condition.

ecological niche (noun)	status (noun)
(ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)	the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
	a state at a particular time