Bare-cheeked Trogon vs Wild Lettuce

Apaloderma aequatoriale compared with Lactuca indica

Key Differences

• Bare-cheeked Trogon is Least Concern while Wild Lettuce is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bare-cheeked Trogon	Wild Lettuce
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Trogoniformes (Trogoniformes)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Trogonidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Apaloderma	Lactuca
Species	Apaloderma aequatoriale	Lactuca indica

Conservation Status

Bare-cheeked Trogon

LC — Least Concern

Wild Lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bare-cheeked Trogon	Wild Lettuce
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bare-cheeked Trogon

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Norway.

Wild Lettuce

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Madagascar, South Africa), Asia (Laos, Taiwan), and South America (Brazil).

Bare-cheeked Trogon

The Bare-cheeked Trogon (Apaloderma aequatoriale) is a species in the genus Apaloderma. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.