Giant dodder vs maçarico-pintado

Cuscuta reflexa compared with Actitis macularius

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Giant 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 reflexa	Actitis macularius

Conservation Status

Giant dodder

LC — Least Concern

maçarico-pintado

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Giant dodder

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Bhutan, Mauritius, and United States.

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).

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:

🇺🇸 United States