Chestnut-winged Hookbill vs White Star Apple

Ancistrops strigilatus compared with Gambeya albida

Key Differences

• Chestnut-winged Hookbill is Least Concern while White Star Apple is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut-winged Hookbill	White Star Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Furnariidae	Sapotaceae
Genus	Ancistrops	Gambeya
Species	Ancistrops strigilatus	Gambeya albida

Conservation Status

Chestnut-winged Hookbill

LC — Least Concern

White Star Apple

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut-winged Hookbill	White Star Apple
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.

White Star Apple

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. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.