Blackboard Tree vs Rainbow Bee-eater

Alstonia scholaris compared with Merops ornatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Rainbow Bee-eater
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Coraciiformes (Coraciiformes)
Family	Apocynaceae	Meropidae
Genus	Alstonia	Merops
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Merops ornatus

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Rainbow Bee-eater

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Rainbow Bee-eater
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.

Rainbow Bee-eater

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.