Chestnut-cheeked Starling vs Smokebush

Agropsar philippensis compared with Buddleja madagascariensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut-cheeked Starling	Smokebush
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Sturnidae	Scrophulariaceae
Genus	Agropsar	Buddleja
Species	Agropsar philippensis	Buddleja madagascariensis

Conservation Status

Chestnut-cheeked Starling

LC — Least Concern

Smokebush

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut-cheeked Starling	Smokebush
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.

Smokebush

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (Malaysia, Taiwan), Europe (Greece), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil).

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.