Chestnut-winged Hookbill vs Crab Apple

Ancistrops strigilatus compared with Malus sylvestris

Key Differences

Chestnut-winged Hookbill is Least Concern while Crab Apple is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut-winged Hookbill	Crab Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Furnariidae	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Ancistrops	Malus
Species	Ancistrops strigilatus	Malus sylvestris

Conservation Status

Chestnut-winged Hookbill

LC — Least Concern

Crab Apple

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut-winged Hookbill	Crab Apple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut-winged Hookbill

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Norway.

Crab Apple

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and temperate grasslands and steppes, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India, Yemen), Europe (9 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Argentina, Brazil). Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Chestnut-winged Hookbill

The Chestnut-winged Hookbill (Ancistrops strigilatus) is a species in the genus Ancistrops. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.