Chestnut-cheeked Starling vs Prickly Coontail

Agropsar philippensis compared with Ceratophyllum echinatum

Key Differences

• Chestnut-cheeked Starling is Least Concern while Prickly Coontail is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut-cheeked Starling	Prickly Coontail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Ceratophyllales (Ceratophyllales)
Family	Sturnidae	Ceratophyllaceae
Genus	Agropsar	Ceratophyllum
Species	Agropsar philippensis	Ceratophyllum echinatum

Conservation Status

Chestnut-cheeked Starling

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Coontail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut-cheeked Starling	Prickly Coontail
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.

Prickly Coontail

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

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.