Chestnut-cheeked Starling vs Rusty-faced Parrot

Agropsar philippensis compared with Hapalopsittaca amazonina

Key Differences

Chestnut-cheeked Starling is Least Concern while Rusty-faced Parrot is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut-cheeked Starling	Rusty-faced Parrot
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Aves (Birds)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Psittaciformes (Parrots)
Family	Sturnidae	Psittacidae (True Parrots)
Genus	Agropsar	Hapalopsittaca
Species	Agropsar philippensis	Hapalopsittaca amazonina

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut-cheeked Starling and Rusty-faced Parrot share a common ancestor at the Class level: Aves. (Birds)

View Class: Aves

Conservation Status

Chestnut-cheeked Starling

LC — Least Concern

Rusty-faced Parrot

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut-cheeked Starling	Rusty-faced Parrot
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.

Rusty-faced Parrot

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela. Currently classified as 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.

Rusty-faced Parrot

A medium-sized parrot of the high-altitude cloud forests and Andean slopes of Colombia and Venezuela, rusty-faced parrots have green plumage with a distinctive orange-rufous face and forehead. They inhabit humid mountain forests between 1,500–3,000 meters and are little studied due to their remote, steep habitat. Listed as Vulnerable due to ongoing deforestation of Andean cloud forests. They move seasonally with food availability across forested ridges.