Chestnut-cheeked Starling vs Empress Brilliant

Agropsar philippensis compared with Heliodoxa imperatrix

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut-cheeked Starling	Empress Brilliant
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Aves (Birds)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)
Family	Sturnidae	Trochilidae
Genus	Agropsar	Heliodoxa
Species	Agropsar philippensis	Heliodoxa imperatrix

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut-cheeked Starling and Empress Brilliant share a common ancestor at the Class level: Aves. (Birds)

View Class: Aves

Conservation Status

Chestnut-cheeked Starling

LC — Least Concern

Empress Brilliant

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut-cheeked Starling	Empress Brilliant
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut-cheeked Starling

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and Taiwan.

Empress Brilliant

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Norway.

Chestnut-cheeked Starling

The Chestnut-cheeked Starling (Agropsar philippensis) is a species in the genus Agropsar. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Empress Brilliant

A large, brilliantly colored hummingbird of humid Andean forests in Colombia and Ecuador, male empress brilliants are among the most striking hummingbirds with iridescent green and violet plumage and glittering scales across their throat and breast. Found at elevations between 1,000–2,100 meters in cloud forest. Named in honor of Empress Eugenie of France, these powerful birds aggressively defend territory around flowering trees. Listed as Least Concern with stable populations in remaining Andean forest.