Cerceta Brasileña vs Maple Button

Amazonetta brasiliensis compared with Acleris forsskaleana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cerceta Brasileña	Maple Button
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Arthropoda (artrópodos)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Insecta (insecto)
Order	Anseriformes (Anseriformes)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Anatidae	Tortricidae
Genus	Amazonetta	Acleris
Species	Amazonetta brasiliensis	Acleris forsskaleana

Evolutionary Relationship

Cerceta Brasileña and Maple Button share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Cerceta Brasileña

LC — Least Concern

Maple Button

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cerceta Brasileña	Maple Button
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cerceta Brasileña

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

Maple Button

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Cerceta Brasileña

El pato brasileño (Amazonetta brasiliensis) está clasificado como Preocupación Menor (LC) en la Lista Roja de la UICN. Ampliamente distribuido y abundante en su área de distribución, con poblaciones estables y sin preocupaciones de conservación inmediatas.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway