Chestnut-headed Crake vs Greater dodder

Anurolimnas castaneiceps compared with Cuscuta europaea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut-headed Crake	Greater dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Gruiformes (Gruiformes)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Rallidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Anurolimnas	Cuscuta
Species	Anurolimnas castaneiceps	Cuscuta europaea

Conservation Status

Chestnut-headed Crake

LC — Least Concern

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut-headed Crake	Greater dodder
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.

Greater dodder

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bhutan, Turkey), Europe (5 countries), and North America (United States).

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.