Chestnut dunnart vs นกยางไฟธรรมดา

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Ixobrychus cinnamomeus

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while นกยางไฟธรรมดา is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	นกยางไฟธรรมดา
Kingdom same	Animalia (สัตว์)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum same	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)	Aves (นก)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Pelecaniformes (อันดับนกกระทุง)
Family	Dasyuridae	Ardeidae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Ixobrychus
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Ixobrychus cinnamomeus

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut dunnart and นกยางไฟธรรมดา share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

นกยางไฟธรรมดา

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	นกยางไฟธรรมดา
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

นกยางไฟธรรมดา

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and Taiwan.

Chestnut dunnart

The Chestnut dunnart (Sminthopsis archeri) is a species in the genus Sminthopsis. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

นกยางไฟธรรมดา

The cinnamon bittern (Ixobrychus cinnamomeus) is a small heron in the family Ardeidae, widely distributed across South and Southeast Asia, from Pakistan and India east through Southeast Asia to China, Japan, and the Philippines, south through Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It inhabits wetlands including rice paddies, reedbeds, marshy grasslands, and the margins of ponds and rivers, where it stalks prey in dense emergent vegetation. The plumage is entirely cinnamon-brown in males, while females are more streaked. Like other small bitterns, it has a cryptic freezing posture—stretching its neck vertically to blend with reeds—when alarmed. The cinnamon bittern is classified as Least Concern by the IUCN, with a widespread and abundant Asian distribution. It is entirely absent from Europe; database records citing Norway are data artifacts. This species is highly tolerant of rice cultivation and degraded wetlands, making it one of the more adaptable Asian herons. However, wetland loss from drainage and intensification of rice agriculture across South and Southeast Asia poses long-term threats to wetland species broadly. The cinnamon bittern is a shy and secretive bird that is more often heard—giving a deep, booming call—than seen in its dense wetland habitat.