Chestnut-winged Hookbill vs Mexican cedar

Ancistrops strigilatus compared with Cedrela odorata

Key Differences

Chestnut-winged Hookbill is Least Concern while Mexican cedar is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut-winged Hookbill	Mexican cedar
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Furnariidae	Meliaceae
Genus	Ancistrops	Cedrela
Species	Ancistrops strigilatus	Cedrela odorata

Conservation Status

Chestnut-winged Hookbill

LC — Least Concern

Mexican cedar

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut-winged Hookbill	Mexican cedar
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.

Mexican cedar

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 9 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (Taiwan), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia). Currently classified as 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.