Bird's Eye vs Cat flea

Alectryon subcinereus compared with Ctenocephalides felis

Key Differences

• Bird's Eye is Least Concern while Cat flea is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bird's Eye	Cat flea
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Siphonaptera (Siphonaptera)
Family	Sapindaceae	Pulicidae
Genus	Alectryon	Ctenocephalides
Species	Alectryon subcinereus	Ctenocephalides felis

Conservation Status

Bird's Eye

LC — Least Concern

Cat flea

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bird's Eye	Cat flea
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bird's Eye

Habitat

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

Cat flea

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Europe (6 countries), and North America (United States).

Bird's Eye

The Bird's Eye (Alectryon subcinereus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Cat flea

The Cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) is a species in the genus Ctenocephalides. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.