African Openbill vs Vegetable fern

Anastomus lamelligerus compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African Openbill	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Aves (Birds)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Ciconiiformes (Ciconiiformes)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Ciconiidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Anastomus	Diplazium
Species	Anastomus lamelligerus	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

African Openbill

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African Openbill	Vegetable 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.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

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

Range

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

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.