Chestnut-cheeked Starling vs Wild Lettuce

Agropsar philippensis compared with Lactuca indica

Key Differences

• Chestnut-cheeked Starling is Least Concern while Wild Lettuce is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut-cheeked Starling	Wild Lettuce
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Sturnidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Agropsar	Lactuca
Species	Agropsar philippensis	Lactuca indica

Conservation Status

Chestnut-cheeked Starling

LC — Least Concern

Wild Lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut-cheeked Starling	Wild Lettuce
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.

Wild Lettuce

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Madagascar, South Africa), Asia (Laos, Taiwan), 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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇹🇼 Taiwan