Blackboard Tree vs Speckled Spinetail

Alstonia scholaris compared with Cranioleuca gutturata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Speckled Spinetail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Passeriformes (Songbirds)
Family	Apocynaceae	Furnariidae
Genus	Alstonia	Cranioleuca
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Cranioleuca gutturata

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Speckled Spinetail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Speckled Spinetail
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.

Speckled Spinetail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

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.