Blue-eared Kingfisher vs Sieva bean

Alcedo meninting compared with Phaseolus lunatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Blue-eared Kingfisher Sieva bean
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Aves (Birds) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Coraciiformes (Coraciiformes) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Alcedinidae Fabaceae
Genus Alcedo Phaseolus
Species Alcedo meninting Phaseolus lunatus

Conservation Status

Blue-eared Kingfisher

LC — Least Concern

Sieva bean

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Blue-eared Kingfisher Sieva bean
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blue-eared Kingfisher

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Norway.

Sieva bean

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Blue-eared Kingfisher

The Blue-eared Kingfisher (Alcedo meninting) is a species in the genus Alcedo. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Sieva bean

No description available.

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