Weißkopf-Seeadler vs Narrow-winged Horsefly

Haliaeetus leucocephalus compared with Tabanus maculicornis

Key Differences

Weißkopf-Seeadler is Not Evaluated while Narrow-winged Horsefly is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Weißkopf-Seeadler	Narrow-winged Horsefly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Tier)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordatiere)	Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer)
Class	Aves (Vögel)	Insecta (Insekten)
Order	Accipitriformes (Greifvögel)	Diptera (Zweiflügler)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Tabanidae
Genus	Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles)	Tabanus
Species	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Tabanus maculicornis

Evolutionary Relationship

Weißkopf-Seeadler and Narrow-winged Horsefly share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Tier)

Ansehen Kingdom: Animalia

Conservation Status

Weißkopf-Seeadler

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Narrow-winged Horsefly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Weißkopf-Seeadler	Narrow-winged Horsefly
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).

Narrow-winged Horsefly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.