Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat vs parrot's-flower

Sturnira bidens compared with Heliconia psittacorum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat	parrot's-flower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Heliconiaceae
Genus	Sturnira	Heliconia
Species	Sturnira bidens	Heliconia psittacorum

Conservation Status

Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat

LC — Least Concern

parrot's-flower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat	parrot's-flower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

parrot's-flower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Seychelles), Asia (4 countries), North America (Saint Kitts and Nevis), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat

The Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat (Sturnira bidens) is a species in the genus Sturnira. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.