Vegetable fern vs White-cheeked Pintail

Diplazium esculentum compared with Anas bahamensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Vegetable fern	White-cheeked Pintail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Anseriformes (Anseriformes)
Family	Athyriaceae	Anatidae
Genus	Diplazium	Anas
Species	Diplazium esculentum	Anas bahamensis

Conservation Status

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

White-cheeked Pintail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Vegetable fern	White-cheeked Pintail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Vegetable fern

Habitat

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

Range

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

White-cheeked Pintail

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Israel), Europe (9 countries), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

White-cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis) 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.