Black Noddy vs Floating Fern

Anous minutus compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• Black Noddy is Least Concern while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Noddy	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Aves (Birds)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Charadriiformes (Charadriiformes)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Laridae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Anous	Salvinia
Species	Anous minutus	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Black Noddy

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Noddy	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Noddy

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, Taiwan, and Venezuela.

Floating Fern

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Black Noddy

The Black Noddy (Anous minutus) is a species in the genus Anous. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway 🇹🇼 Taiwan