Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Gray-headed Nigrita

Anostirus castaneus compared with Nigrita canicapillus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Gray-headed Nigrita
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Passeriformes (Songbirds)
Family	Elateridae	Estrildidae
Genus	Anostirus	Nigrita
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Nigrita canicapillus

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Gray-headed Nigrita share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Gray-headed Nigrita

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Gray-headed Nigrita
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.

Gray-headed Nigrita

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