Blackboard Tree vs Lettered Aracari

Alstonia scholaris compared with Pteroglossus inscriptus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Lettered Aracari
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Piciformes (Piciformes)
Family	Apocynaceae	Ramphastidae
Genus	Alstonia	Pteroglossus
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Pteroglossus inscriptus

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Lettered Aracari

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Lettered Aracari
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blackboard Tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Taiwan, and United States.

Lettered Aracari

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Norway.

Blackboard Tree

The Blackboard Tree (Alstonia scholaris) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.