Ascending Grapefern vs Black-billed Flycatcher

Botrychium ascendens compared with Aphanotriccus audax

Key Differences

Ascending Grapefern is Not Evaluated while Black-billed Flycatcher is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ascending Grapefern	Black-billed Flycatcher
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)	Passeriformes (Songbirds)
Family	Ophioglossaceae	Tyrannidae
Genus	Botrychium	Aphanotriccus
Species	Botrychium ascendens	Aphanotriccus audax

Conservation Status

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

Black-billed Flycatcher

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ascending Grapefern	Black-billed Flycatcher
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ascending Grapefern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, and United States.

Black-billed Flycatcher

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Norway, and Panama. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Ascending Grapefern

Ascending grapefern (Botrychium ascendens) is a species in the genus Botrychium. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Black-billed Flycatcher

The Black-billed Flycatcher (Aphanotriccus audax) is a species in the genus Aphanotriccus. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.