African Openbill vs false pepperwort

Anastomus lamelligerus compared with Marsilea crenata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African Openbill	false pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Aves (Birds)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Ciconiiformes (Ciconiiformes)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Ciconiidae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Anastomus	Marsilea
Species	Anastomus lamelligerus	Marsilea crenata

Conservation Status

African Openbill

LC — Least Concern

false pepperwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African Openbill	false pepperwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African Openbill

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Germany, and Norway.

false pepperwort

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Indonesia.

African Openbill

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