Chestnut-winged Hookbill vs Downy Ground-Cherry

Ancistrops strigilatus compared with Physalis pubescens

Key Differences

• Chestnut-winged Hookbill is Least Concern while Downy Ground-Cherry is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut-winged Hookbill	Downy Ground-Cherry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Furnariidae	Solanaceae
Genus	Ancistrops	Physalis
Species	Ancistrops strigilatus	Physalis pubescens

Conservation Status

Chestnut-winged Hookbill

LC — Least Concern

Downy Ground-Cherry

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut-winged Hookbill	Downy Ground-Cherry
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.

Downy Ground-Cherry

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC)), Asia (China, Taiwan, Turkey), Europe (14 countries), North America (Canada, Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Colombia).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇳🇴 Norway