Chestnut-cheeked Starling vs Floating Fern

Agropsar philippensis compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• Chestnut-cheeked Starling is Least Concern while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut-cheeked Starling	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Aves (Birds)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Sturnidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Agropsar	Salvinia
Species	Agropsar philippensis	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Chestnut-cheeked Starling

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut-cheeked Starling	Floating Fern
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.

Floating Fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway 🇹🇼 Taiwan