alpine lady's-mantle vs Elegant Tern

Alchemilla alpina compared with Thalasseus elegans

Key Differences

• alpine lady's-mantle is Least Concern while Elegant Tern is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alpine lady's-mantle	Elegant Tern
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Rosales (Roses & Allies)	Charadriiformes (Charadriiformes)
Family	Rosaceae (Rose Family)	Laridae
Genus	Alchemilla	Thalasseus
Species	Alchemilla alpina	Thalasseus elegans

Conservation Status

alpine lady's-mantle

LC — Least Concern

Elegant Tern

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alpine lady's-mantle	Elegant Tern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

alpine lady's-mantle

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (Canada).

Elegant Tern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, and Norway. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

alpine lady's-mantle

The Alpine lady's-mantle (Alchemilla alpina) is a species in the genus Alchemilla. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (Canada).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway