Barn Fern vs Black-throated Mango

Asplenium haughtonii compared with Anthracothorax nigricollis

Key Differences

• Barn Fern is Critically Endangered while Black-throated Mango is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Barn Fern	Black-throated Mango
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Trochilidae
Genus	Asplenium	Anthracothorax
Species	Asplenium haughtonii	Anthracothorax nigricollis

Conservation Status

Barn Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Black-throated Mango

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Barn Fern	Black-throated Mango
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Barn Fern

Habitat

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

Black-throated Mango

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Barn Fern

The Barn Fern (Asplenium haughtonii) is a species in the genus Asplenium. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Black-throated Mango

A large, striking hummingbird of tropical forests from southern Mexico to Argentina, black-throated mangos have dramatic sexual dimorphism — males display glittering black throat and breast with violet and green flanks and a bold purple tail, while females are white below with a central black stripe. Inhabiting forest edges, clearings, and gardens, they aggressively defend flowering trees. Males perform spectacular aerial display flights at treetop height. Listed as Least Concern across their broad neotropical range.