lime prickly-ash vs White-cheeked Pintail

Zanthoxylum fagara compared with Anas bahamensis

Key Differences

• lime prickly-ash is Endangered while White-cheeked Pintail is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	lime prickly-ash	White-cheeked Pintail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Anseriformes (Anseriformes)
Family	Rutaceae	Anatidae
Genus	Zanthoxylum	Anas
Species	Zanthoxylum fagara	Anas bahamensis

Conservation Status

lime prickly-ash

EN — Endangered

White-cheeked Pintail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	lime prickly-ash	White-cheeked Pintail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

lime prickly-ash

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

White-cheeked Pintail

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Israel), Europe (9 countries), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

White-cheeked Pintail

White-cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis) is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Widespread and abundant across its range, with stable populations and no immediate conservation concerns.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia