Águila cabeza blanca vs Asian watermeal

Haliaeetus leucocephalus compared with Wolffia globosa

Key Differences

Águila cabeza blanca is Not Evaluated while Asian watermeal is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Águila cabeza blanca	Asian watermeal
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Accipitriformes (Hawks & Eagles)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Araceae
Genus	Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles)	Wolffia
Species	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Wolffia globosa

Conservation Status

Águila cabeza blanca

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Asian watermeal

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Águila cabeza blanca	Asian watermeal
Diet	Carnivore	—
Average Lifespan	28 years	—
Average Length	90 cm	—
Average Weight	5.0 kg	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Águila cabeza blanca

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).

Asian watermeal

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Angola), Asia (Singapore, Taiwan), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Águila cabeza blanca

El ave nacional de los Estados Unidos y símbolo del éxito conservacionista americano, el águila cabeza blanca tiene una envergadura de hasta 2,4 metros y habita bosques y humedales próximos a aguas abiertas en toda Norteamérica. Casi extinta en la década de 1960 por el envenenamiento con DDT y la caza, se recuperó de forma notable gracias a las prohibiciones de pesticidas y la Ley de Especies en Peligro.

Asian watermeal

The Asian watermeal (Wolffia globosa) is a species in the genus Wolffia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Widely distributed across Africa (Angola), Asia (Singapore, Taiwan), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).