Malvasía maccoa vs Pato tepalcate

Oxyura maccoa compared with Oxyura jamaicensis

Key Differences

• Malvasía maccoa is Endangered while Pato tepalcate is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malvasía maccoa	Pato tepalcate
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Aves (Birds)	Aves (Birds)
Order same	Anseriformes (Anseriformes)	Anseriformes (Anseriformes)
Family same	Anatidae	Anatidae
Genus same	Oxyura	Oxyura
Species	Oxyura maccoa	Oxyura jamaicensis

Evolutionary Relationship

Malvasía maccoa and Pato tepalcate share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Oxyura.

Conservation Status

Malvasía maccoa

EN — Endangered

Pato tepalcate

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malvasía maccoa	Pato tepalcate
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malvasía maccoa

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, Norway, and United Kingdom. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Pato tepalcate

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Tunisia), Asia (Azerbaijan, Israel, Turkey), Europe (19 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador).

Pato tepalcate

El pato rojo (Oxyura jamaicensis) esta clasificado como de Preocupacion Menor (LC) en la Lista Roja de la UICN. Ampliamente distribuido y abundante en su area de distribucion, con poblaciones estables y sin preocupaciones de conservacion inmediatas.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 5 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇫🇷 France 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇳🇴 Norway 🇬🇧 United Kingdom