Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Great Thick-knee

Anostirus castaneus compared with Esacus recurvirostris

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Great Thick-knee is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Great Thick-knee
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Charadriiformes (Charadriiformes)
Family	Elateridae	Burhinidae
Genus	Anostirus	Esacus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Esacus recurvirostris

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Great Thick-knee

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Great Thick-knee
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 Thick-knee

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Norway. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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