African Swift vs Vegetable fern

Apus barbatus compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African Swift	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Aves (Birds)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Apodidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Apus	Diplazium
Species	Apus barbatus	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

African Swift

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

African Swift

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 Swift

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