Banded feather-winged beetle vs Rufous-breasted Hermit

Acrotrichis fascicularis compared with Glaucis hirsutus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Banded feather-winged beetle	Rufous-breasted Hermit
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)
Family	Ptiliidae	Trochilidae
Genus	Acrotrichis	Glaucis
Species	Acrotrichis fascicularis	Glaucis hirsutus

Evolutionary Relationship

Banded feather-winged beetle and Rufous-breasted Hermit share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

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Conservation Status

Banded feather-winged beetle

LC — Least Concern

Rufous-breasted Hermit

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Banded feather-winged beetle	Rufous-breasted Hermit
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Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Banded feather-winged beetle

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan), Europe (4 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

Rufous-breasted Hermit

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Banded feather-winged beetle

The Banded feather-winged beetle (Acrotrichis fascicularis) is a species in the genus Acrotrichis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Rufous-breasted Hermit

A large hermit hummingbird of humid lowland and foothill forests from Central America through the Amazon basin, rufous-breasted hermits have cinnamon-rufous breast and underpart plumage contrasting with bronzy-green upper parts and a long curved bill. Males gather at leks — communal singing assemblies — where they perform vocal displays to attract females. They follow trap-line routes through dense forest understory. Important pollinators of large Heliconia flowers in tropical rainforest.