Chestnut-headed Crake vs Jointed Charlock

Anurolimnas castaneiceps compared with Raphanus raphanistrum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut-headed Crake	Jointed Charlock
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Gruiformes (Gruiformes)	Brassicales (Brassicales)
Family	Rallidae	Brassicaceae
Genus	Anurolimnas	Raphanus
Species	Anurolimnas castaneiceps	Raphanus raphanistrum

Conservation Status

Chestnut-headed Crake

LC — Least Concern

Jointed Charlock

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut-headed Crake	Jointed Charlock
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.

Jointed Charlock

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas spanning the Afrotropic and Palearctic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (17 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (7 countries).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador 🇳🇴 Norway