Chestnut-headed Crake vs Water yam

Anurolimnas castaneiceps compared with Dioscorea alata

Key Differences

• Chestnut-headed Crake is Least Concern while Water yam is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut-headed Crake	Water yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Gruiformes (Gruiformes)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Rallidae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Anurolimnas	Dioscorea
Species	Anurolimnas castaneiceps	Dioscorea alata

Conservation Status

Chestnut-headed Crake

LC — Least Concern

Water yam

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut-headed Crake	Water yam
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.

Water yam

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (16 countries), Asia (Maldives, Taiwan), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (13 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (6 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 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia