American Bald Eagle vs Toco Toucan

Haliaeetus leucocephalus compared with Toucanus toco

Key Differences

• American Bald Eagle is Not Evaluated while Toco Toucan is Least Concern.
• American Bald Eagle is carnivore while Toco Toucan is omnivore.
• American Bald Eagle is 7.1x heavier than Toco Toucan.
• American Bald Eagle lives longer (28 years vs 20 years).

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	American Bald Eagle	Toco Toucan
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Aves (Birds)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Accipitriformes (Hawks & Eagles)	Passeriformes (Songbirds)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Corvidae (Crows & Ravens)
Genus	Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles)	Corvus (Crows & Ravens)
Species	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Toucanus toco

Evolutionary Relationship

American Bald Eagle and Toco Toucan share a common ancestor at the Class level: Aves. (Birds)

Conservation Status

American Bald Eagle

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Toco Toucan

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	American Bald Eagle	Toco Toucan
Diet	Carnivore	Omnivore
Average Lifespan	28 years	20 years
Average Length	90 cm	60 cm
Average Weight	5.0 kg	700 g

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).

Toco Toucan

Habitat

Typically found in a wide range of habitat types.

Range

Distributed across Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay.

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.

Toco Toucan

The toco toucan is the largest and best-known species in the toucan family, famous for its oversized colorful bill.