Chestnut-headed Crake vs Floating Heart

Anurolimnas castaneiceps compared with Nymphoides peltata

Key Differences

Chestnut-headed Crake is Least Concern while Floating Heart is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut-headed Crake	Floating Heart
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Gruiformes (Gruiformes)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Rallidae	Menyanthaceae
Genus	Anurolimnas	Nymphoides
Species	Anurolimnas castaneiceps	Nymphoides peltata

Conservation Status

Chestnut-headed Crake

LC — Least Concern

Floating Heart

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut-headed Crake	Floating Heart
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut-headed Crake

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Norway.

Floating Heart

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, among 7 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Chestnut-headed Crake

The Chestnut-headed Crake (Anurolimnas castaneiceps) is a species in the genus Anurolimnas. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.