Beggar'S-Buttons vs Racket-tailed Roller

Arctium lappa compared with Coracias spatulatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beggar'S-Buttons	Racket-tailed Roller
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Coraciiformes (Coraciiformes)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Coraciidae
Genus	Arctium	Coracias
Species	Arctium lappa	Coracias spatulatus

Conservation Status

Beggar'S-Buttons

LC — Least Concern

Racket-tailed Roller

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beggar'S-Buttons	Racket-tailed Roller
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).

Racket-tailed Roller

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Norway.

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.