Bird's Eye vs Silverfish

Alectryon subcinereus compared with Ctenolepisma longicaudatum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bird's Eye	Silverfish
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Zygentoma (Zygentoma)
Family	Sapindaceae	Lepismatidae
Genus	Alectryon	Ctenolepisma
Species	Alectryon subcinereus	Ctenolepisma longicaudatum

Conservation Status

Bird's Eye

LC — Least Concern

Silverfish

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bird's Eye	Silverfish
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.

Silverfish

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Cyprus, Taiwan), Europe (11 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.