Beggar'S-Buttons vs Crested Auklet

Arctium lappa compared with Aethia cristatella

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	Crested Auklet
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Charadriiformes (Charadriiformes)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Alcidae
Genus	Arctium	Aethia
Species	Arctium lappa	Aethia cristatella

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

Crested Auklet

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	Crested Auklet
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beggar'S-Buttons

Habitat

Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria), Asia (North Korea, Taiwan), Europe (11 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil).

Crested Auklet

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and United Kingdom.

Beggar'S-Buttons

The Beggar'S-Buttons (Arctium lappa) is a species in the genus Arctium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.