Blackboard Tree vs Pied Triller

Alstonia scholaris compared with Lalage nigra

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Pied Triller
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Passeriformes (Songbirds)
Family	Apocynaceae	Campephagidae
Genus	Alstonia	Lalage
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Lalage nigra

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Pied Triller

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Pied Triller
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.

Pied Triller

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and Taiwan.

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.