Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Great Knot

Anostirus castaneus compared with Calidris tenuirostris

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Great Knot is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Great Knot
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Charadriiformes (Charadriiformes)
Family	Elateridae	Scolopacidae
Genus	Anostirus	Calidris
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Calidris tenuirostris

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Great Knot

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Great Knot
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.

Great Knot

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and Taiwan.

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 2 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden