alstonia vs Mountain Serpent Eagle

Alstonia boonei compared with Spilornis kinabaluensis

Key Differences

• alstonia is Least Concern while Mountain Serpent Eagle is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alstonia	Mountain Serpent Eagle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Accipitriformes (Hawks & Eagles)
Family	Apocynaceae	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)
Genus	Alstonia	Spilornis
Species	Alstonia boonei	Spilornis kinabaluensis

Conservation Status

alstonia

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Serpent Eagle

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alstonia	Mountain Serpent Eagle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

alstonia

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 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon and Guinea.

Mountain Serpent Eagle

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Norway. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

alstonia

The Alstonia (Alstonia boonei) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeo. Distributed across Cameroon and Guinea.