African Openbill vs Floating Fern

Anastomus lamelligerus compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• African Openbill is Least Concern while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African Openbill	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Aves (Birds)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Ciconiiformes (Ciconiiformes)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Ciconiidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Anastomus	Salvinia
Species	Anastomus lamelligerus	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

African Openbill

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African Openbill	Floating Fern
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.

Floating Fern

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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