Narrow swordfern vs White-tipped Swift

Nephrolepis cordifolia compared with Aeronautes montivagus

Key Differences

• Narrow swordfern is Not Evaluated while White-tipped Swift is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Narrow swordfern	White-tipped Swift
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)
Family	Nephrolepidaceae	Apodidae
Genus	Nephrolepis	Aeronautes
Species	Nephrolepis cordifolia	Aeronautes montivagus

Conservation Status

Narrow swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

White-tipped Swift

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Narrow swordfern	White-tipped Swift
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Narrow swordfern

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Italy, Portugal, Sweden), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

White-tipped Swift

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

White-tipped Swift

White-tipped Swift (Aeronautes montivagus) is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Widespread and abundant across its range, with stable populations and no immediate conservation concerns.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia