Weißkopf-Seeadler vs

Haliaeetus leucocephalus compared with Halostella salina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Weißkopf-Seeadler
Kingdom	Animalia (Tier)	Archaea (Archaea)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordatiere)	Halobacteriota (Halobacteriota)
Class	Aves (Vögel)	Halobacteria (Halobacteria)
Order	Accipitriformes (Greifvögel)	Halobacteriales (Halobacteriales)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	QS-9-68-17
Genus	Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles)	Halostella
Species	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Halostella salina

Conservation Status

Weißkopf-Seeadler

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Weißkopf-Seeadler
Diet	Carnivore	—
Average Lifespan	28 years	—
Average Length	90 cm	—
Average Weight	5.0 kg	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Weißkopf-Seeadler

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).

Weißkopf-Seeadler

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.

Halostella salina is an extremely halophilic archaeon forming irregular cocci in hypersaline environments. It inhabits salt lakes, saline springs, and solar evaporation ponds where salt concentrations approach saturation. This aerobic, chemoheterotrophic archaeon requires extremely high salt concentrations for growth and obtains energy from organic compounds in its brine habitat.