Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Malabar Starling

Anostirus castaneus compared with Sturnia blythii

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Malabar Starling is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Malabar Starling
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Passeriformes (Songbirds)
Family	Elateridae	Sturnidae
Genus	Anostirus	Sturnia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Sturnia blythii

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Malabar Starling

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Malabar Starling
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.

Malabar Starling

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