Águila cabeza blanca vs Prickly Pole

Haliaeetus leucocephalus compared with Bactris jamaicana

Key Differences

• Águila cabeza blanca is Not Evaluated while Prickly Pole is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Águila cabeza blanca	Prickly Pole
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Accipitriformes (Hawks & Eagles)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Arecaceae
Genus	Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles)	Bactris
Species	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Bactris jamaicana

Conservation Status

Águila cabeza blanca

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Prickly Pole

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Águila cabeza blanca	Prickly Pole
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).

Prickly Pole

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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.