African Darter vs Vegetable fern

Anhinga rufa compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African Darter	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Aves (Birds)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Suliformes (Suliformes)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Anhingidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Anhinga	Diplazium
Species	Anhinga rufa	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

African Darter

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African Darter	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African Darter

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Norway.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.

African Darter

The African Darter (Anhinga rufa) is a species in the genus Anhinga. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.