A Quilt Lichen vs American Bald Eagle

Fuscidea recensa compared with Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	A Quilt Lichen	American Bald Eagle
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Umbilicariales (Umbilicariales)	Accipitriformes (Hawks & Eagles)
Family	Fuscideaceae	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)
Genus	Fuscidea	Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles)
Species	Fuscidea recensa	Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Conservation Status

A Quilt Lichen

NE — Not Evaluated

American Bald Eagle

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	A Quilt Lichen	American Bald Eagle
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	28 years
Average Length	—	90 cm
Average Weight	—	5.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

A Quilt Lichen

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and United States.

American Bald Eagle

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 10 distinct biome types spanning the Neotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (8 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Ecuador).

A Quilt Lichen

The A Quilt Lichen (Fuscidea recensa) is a species in the genus Fuscidea. Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

American Bald Eagle

The national bird of the United States and a symbol of American conservation success, bald eagles have a wingspan of up to 2.4 meters and inhabit forests and wetlands near open water across North America. Powerful aerial predators and scavengers, they specialize in fish but also take waterfowl and carrion. Nearly extinct by the 1960s due to DDT poisoning and hunting, the bald eagle recovered dramatically following pesticide bans and the Endangered Species Act.