Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Madagascar Bee-eater

Anostirus castaneus compared with Merops superciliosus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Madagascar Bee-eater
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Coraciiformes (Coraciiformes)
Family	Elateridae	Meropidae
Genus	Anostirus	Merops
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Merops superciliosus

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Madagascar Bee-eater share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Madagascar Bee-eater

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Madagascar Bee-eater
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.

Madagascar Bee-eater

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