Chestnut-cheeked Starling vs Green-fronted Lancebill

Agropsar philippensis compared with Doryfera ludovicae

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Chestnut-cheeked Starling Green-fronted Lancebill
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 Doryfera
Species Agropsar philippensis Doryfera ludovicae

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut-cheeked Starling and Green-fronted Lancebill share a common ancestor at the Class level: Aves. (Birds)

Conservation Status

Chestnut-cheeked Starling

LC — Least Concern

Green-fronted Lancebill

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Chestnut-cheeked Starling Green-fronted Lancebill
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.

Green-fronted Lancebill

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

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.

Green-fronted Lancebill

A medium-sized hummingbird with a distinctively long, slightly upturned bill, green-fronted lancebills inhabit the mid-strata of humid montane cloud forest in the Andes from Costa Rica through Colombia and Ecuador to Bolivia at elevations of 1,000–2,400 meters. Their elongated bill is specialized for probing the long tubular flowers of Centropogon and other Andean bell-flowers inaccessible to shorter-billed hummingbirds. Males are glittering green throughout; females have white-spotted underparts. Listed as Least Concern.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

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