Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Crested Coua

Anostirus castaneus compared with Coua cristata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Crested Coua
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Cuculiformes (Cuculiformes)
Family	Elateridae	Cuculidae
Genus	Anostirus	Coua
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Coua cristata

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Crested Coua share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Crested Coua

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Crested Coua
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland.

Crested Coua

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Norway.

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

The Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle (Anostirus castaneus) is a species in the genus Anostirus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway