American dodder vs maçarico-pintado

Cuscuta americana compared with Actitis macularius

Key Differences

• American dodder is Not Evaluated while maçarico-pintado is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	American dodder	maçarico-pintado
Kingdom	Plantae (plantas)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (ave)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Charadriiformes (Charadriiformes)
Family	Convolvulaceae	Scolopacidae
Genus	Cuscuta	Actitis
Species	Cuscuta americana	Actitis macularius

Conservation Status

American dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

maçarico-pintado

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	American dodder	maçarico-pintado
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

American dodder

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Colombia.

maçarico-pintado

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

American dodder

The American dodder (Cuscuta americana) is a species in the genus Cuscuta. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

maçarico-pintado

O Macarico-Pintado (Actitis macularius) esta classificado como Pouco Preocupante (LC) na Lista Vermelha da UICN. Amplamente distribuido e abundante em sua area de ocorrencia, com populacoes estaveis e sem preocupacoes imediatas de conservacao.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia