Chestnut-winged Hookbill vs Sapele

Ancistrops strigilatus compared with Entandrophragma cylindricum

Key Differences

• Chestnut-winged Hookbill is Least Concern while Sapele is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut-winged Hookbill	Sapele
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	Entandrophragma
Species	Ancistrops strigilatus	Entandrophragma cylindricum

Conservation Status

Chestnut-winged Hookbill

LC — Least Concern

Sapele

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut-winged Hookbill	Sapele
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.

Sapele

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. 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.