Bird's Eye vs Splayed Deerfly

Alectryon subcinereus compared with Chrysops caecutiens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bird's Eye	Splayed Deerfly
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Sapindaceae	Tabanidae
Genus	Alectryon	Chrysops
Species	Alectryon subcinereus	Chrysops caecutiens

Conservation Status

Bird's Eye

LC — Least Concern

Splayed Deerfly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bird's Eye	Splayed Deerfly
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.

Splayed Deerfly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.