Águila cabeza blanca vs Smooth Flat Sedge

Haliaeetus leucocephalus compared with Cyperus laevigatus

Key Differences

• Águila cabeza blanca is Not Evaluated while Smooth Flat Sedge is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Águila cabeza blanca	Smooth Flat Sedge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Accipitriformes (Hawks & Eagles)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Cyperaceae
Genus	Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles)	Cyperus
Species	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Cyperus laevigatus

Conservation Status

Águila cabeza blanca

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Smooth Flat Sedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Águila cabeza blanca	Smooth Flat Sedge
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).

Smooth Flat Sedge

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Chile, Colombia, and Cuba.

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.