Chestnut-cheeked Starling vs rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers

Agropsar philippensis compared with Galium tricornutum

Key Differences

Chestnut-cheeked Starling is Least Concern while rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut-cheeked Starling	rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Sturnidae	Rubiaceae
Genus	Agropsar	Galium
Species	Agropsar philippensis	Galium tricornutum

Conservation Status

Chestnut-cheeked Starling

LC — Least Concern

rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut-cheeked Starling	rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers
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.

rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, among 12 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Qatar), Europe (18 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Chile). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.