Red-billed Duck vs Vegetable fern

Anas erythrorhyncha compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Red-billed Duck	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Aves (Birds)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Anseriformes (Anseriformes)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Anatidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Anas	Diplazium
Species	Anas erythrorhyncha	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Red-billed Duck

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Red-billed Duck	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Red-billed Duck

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and South America (Ecuador).

Vegetable fern

Habitat

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

Range

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

Red-billed Duck

Red-billed Duck (Anas erythrorhyncha) 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.