Bird flea vs Frutero Escamado

Ceratophyllus zhovtyi compared with Ampelioides tschudii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bird flea	Frutero Escamado
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (artrópodos)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Insecta (insecto)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Siphonaptera (Siphonaptera)	Passeriformes (paseriformes)
Family	Ceratophyllidae	Cotingidae
Genus	Ceratophyllus	Ampelioides
Species	Ceratophyllus zhovtyi	Ampelioides tschudii

Evolutionary Relationship

Bird flea and Frutero Escamado share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Bird flea

LC — Least Concern

Frutero Escamado

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bird flea	Frutero Escamado
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bird flea

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in United States.

Frutero Escamado

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Bird flea

The Bird flea (Ceratophyllus zhovtyi) is a species in the genus Ceratophyllus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Frutero Escamado

El frutero escamado (Ampelioides tschudii) esta clasificado como Preocupacion Menor (LC) en la Lista Roja de la UICN. Es una especie ampliamente distribuida y abundante en su area de distribucion, con poblaciones estables y sin problemas de conservacion inmediatos.