American Bald Eagle vs Cigar flower

Haliaeetus leucocephalus compared with Cuphea ignea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	American Bald Eagle	Cigar flower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Accipitriformes (Hawks & Eagles)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Lythraceae
Genus	Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles)	Cuphea
Species	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Cuphea ignea

Conservation Status

American Bald Eagle

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Cigar flower

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	American Bald Eagle	Cigar flower
Diet	Carnivore	—
Average Lifespan	28 years	—
Average Length	90 cm	—
Average Weight	5.0 kg	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).

Cigar flower

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), South Africa), Asia (India, Indonesia, Taiwan), Europe (Sweden), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.

Cigar flower

Cigar flower (Cuphea ignea) is a small, shrubby plant in the family Lythraceae, native to Mexico and the Caribbean islands, particularly Jamaica. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental garden plant in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. The plant produces distinctive tubular flowers in brilliant orange-red with a dark tip ringed in white and purple, giving the appearance of a glowing cigar—hence its common name. The flowers are highly attractive to hummingbirds and butterflies, making cigar flower a popular addition to wildlife gardens and containers. It grows as a compact perennial subshrub, typically reaching 30–60 centimeters in height, and flowers prolifically throughout the growing season. In temperate regions it is usually grown as an annual or overwintered indoors. Cuphea ignea prefers well-drained soils with full sun to partial shade. The species is not formally assessed by the IUCN. In its native Mexican and Caribbean range, it grows in open rocky slopes, forest margins, and disturbed habitats. The genus Cuphea comprises hundreds of species and is under investigation for the seed oil content of some members, which contains medium-chain fatty acids of potential industrial interest. Cigar flower has naturalized in parts of Florida and other warm regions outside its native range.