African Openbill vs Flat Wrack

Anastomus lamelligerus compared with Fucus spiralis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African Openbill	Flat Wrack
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Phaeophyceae (Phaeophyceae)
Order	Ciconiiformes (Ciconiiformes)	Fucales (Fucales)
Family	Ciconiidae	Fucaceae
Genus	Anastomus	Fucus
Species	Anastomus lamelligerus	Fucus spiralis

Conservation Status

African Openbill

LC — Least Concern

Flat Wrack

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African Openbill	Flat Wrack
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.

Flat Wrack

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found across Africa (Morocco) and Europe (9 countries).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway