Águila cabeza blanca vs plains zebra

Haliaeetus leucocephalus compared with Equus quagga

Key Differences

• Águila cabeza blanca is Not Evaluated while plains zebra is Near Threatened.
• Águila cabeza blanca is carnivore while plains zebra is herbivore.
• plains zebra is 70.0x heavier than Águila cabeza blanca.
• Águila cabeza blanca lives longer (28 years vs 25 years).

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Águila cabeza blanca	plains zebra
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Accipitriformes (Hawks & Eagles)	Perissodactyla (Odd-toed Ungulates)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Equidae (Horses & Zebras)
Genus	Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles)	Equus (Horses & Zebras)
Species	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Equus quagga

Evolutionary Relationship

Águila cabeza blanca and plains zebra share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

Conservation Status

Águila cabeza blanca

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

plains zebra

NT — Near Threatened

Population: ~750.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Águila cabeza blanca	plains zebra
Diet	Carnivore	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	28 years	25 years
Average Length	90 cm	2.3 m
Average Weight	5.0 kg	350.0 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).

plains zebra

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, and Tanzania. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.

plains zebra

La cebra de las llanuras, el equido salvaje mas numeroso, habita pastizales y sabanas del este y sur de Africa en manadas que van desde pequenos grupos familiares hasta vastas agregaciones. Sus llamativos patrones de rayas en blanco y negro son unicos para cada individuo y pueden servir para confundir a los depredadores, disuadir a los insectos picadores y facilitar el reconocimiento individual. Las cebras son una presa clave para leones, hienas y cocodrilos, sustentando las redes alimentarias de la sabana.