Black-hooded Sunbeam vs Vegetable fern

Aglaeactis pamela compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-hooded Sunbeam	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Aves (Birds)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Trochilidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Aglaeactis	Diplazium
Species	Aglaeactis pamela	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Black-hooded Sunbeam

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-hooded Sunbeam	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-hooded Sunbeam

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.

Black-hooded Sunbeam

The Black-hooded Sunbeam (Aglaeactis pamela) is a species in the genus Aglaeactis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.