Chestnut-winged Hookbill vs Rootless Duckweed

Ancistrops strigilatus compared with Wolffia arrhiza

Key Differences

Chestnut-winged Hookbill is Least Concern while Rootless Duckweed is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut-winged Hookbill	Rootless Duckweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Furnariidae	Araceae
Genus	Ancistrops	Wolffia
Species	Ancistrops strigilatus	Wolffia arrhiza

Conservation Status

Chestnut-winged Hookbill

LC — Least Concern

Rootless Duckweed

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut-winged Hookbill	Rootless Duckweed
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.

Rootless Duckweed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, and temperate coniferous forests, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada), and South America (Brazil). 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.