small tortoiseshell vs Waved Albatross

Aglais urticae compared with Phoebastria irrorata

Key Differences

• small tortoiseshell is Near Threatened while Waved Albatross is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	small tortoiseshell	Waved Albatross
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Procellariiformes (Procellariiformes)
Family	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)	Diomedeidae
Genus	Aglais	Phoebastria
Species	Aglais urticae	Phoebastria irrorata

Evolutionary Relationship

small tortoiseshell and Waved Albatross share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

small tortoiseshell

NT — Near Threatened

Waved Albatross

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	small tortoiseshell	Waved Albatross
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

small tortoiseshell

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (41 countries). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Waved Albatross

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Norway. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

small tortoiseshell

small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) is classified as Near Threatened (NT) on the IUCN Red List. Close to qualifying as threatened, with populations that may become vulnerable without conservation action.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway