Kornblume vs Patton’s Nectar Bat

Centaurea cyanus compared with Hsunycteris pattoni

Key Differences

• Kornblume is Near Threatened while Patton’s Nectar Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Kornblume	Patton’s Nectar Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Pflanzen)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordatiere)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Säugetiere)
Order	Asterales (Asternartige)	Chiroptera (Fledertiere)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Centaurea	Hsunycteris
Species	Centaurea cyanus	Hsunycteris pattoni

Conservation Status

Kornblume

NT — Near Threatened

Patton’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Kornblume	Patton’s Nectar Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Kornblume

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, among 8 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Nepal, Taiwan), Europe (22 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Argentina, Chile, Colombia). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Patton’s Nectar Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia