false pepperwort vs Yellow-billed Pintail

Marsilea crenata compared with Anas georgica

Key Differences

• false pepperwort is Least Concern while Yellow-billed Pintail is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	false pepperwort	Yellow-billed Pintail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Anseriformes (Anseriformes)
Family	Marsileaceae	Anatidae
Genus	Marsilea	Anas
Species	Marsilea crenata	Anas georgica

Conservation Status

false pepperwort

LC — Least Concern

Yellow-billed Pintail

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	false pepperwort	Yellow-billed Pintail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

false pepperwort

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Indonesia.

Yellow-billed Pintail

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and South America (Colombia, Ecuador). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Yellow-billed Pintail

Yellow-billed Pintail (Anas georgica) is classified as Endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List. At high risk of extinction in the wild, with significant population decline and ongoing threats to survival.