Chestnut-winged Hookbill vs limestone fern

Ancistrops strigilatus compared with Gymnocarpium robertianum

Key Differences

• Chestnut-winged Hookbill is Least Concern while limestone fern is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut-winged Hookbill	limestone fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Aves (Birds)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Furnariidae	Cystopteridaceae
Genus	Ancistrops	Gymnocarpium
Species	Ancistrops strigilatus	Gymnocarpium robertianum

Conservation Status

Chestnut-winged Hookbill

LC — Least Concern

limestone fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut-winged Hookbill	limestone fern
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.

limestone fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Critically Endangered 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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway