Águila cabeza blanca vs congossa

Haliaeetus leucocephalus compared with Vinca major

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Águila cabeza blanca	congossa
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Accipitriformes (Hawks & Eagles)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles)	Vinca
Species	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Vinca major

Conservation Status

Águila cabeza blanca

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

congossa

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Águila cabeza blanca	congossa
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).

congossa

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa), Asia (6 countries), Europe (22 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (6 countries).

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.

congossa

The Big-Leaved Periwinkle (Vinca major) is a species in the genus Vinca. Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.