Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Plain Swift

Anostirus castaneus compared with Apus unicolor

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Plain Swift
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)
Family	Elateridae	Apodidae
Genus	Anostirus	Apus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Apus unicolor

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Plain Swift

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Plain Swift
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.

Plain Swift

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and Portugal.

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