Black-billed Flycatcher vs Vegetable fern

Aphanotriccus audax compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• Black-billed Flycatcher is Near Threatened while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-billed Flycatcher	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Aves (Birds)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Tyrannidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Aphanotriccus	Diplazium
Species	Aphanotriccus audax	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Black-billed Flycatcher

NT — Near Threatened

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-billed Flycatcher	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

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

Range

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

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.