igname sauvage vs Pygargue à tête blanche

Dioscorea dumetorum compared with Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	igname sauvage	Pygargue à tête blanche
Kingdom	Plantae (plante)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Aves (oiseau)
Order	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)	Accipitriformes (Hawks & Eagles)
Family	Dioscoreaceae	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)
Genus	Dioscorea	Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles)
Species	Dioscorea dumetorum	Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Conservation Status

igname sauvage

NE — Not Evaluated

Pygargue à tête blanche

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	igname sauvage	Pygargue à tête blanche
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	28 years
Average Length	—	90 cm
Average Weight	—	5.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

igname sauvage

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Guinea.

Pygargue à tête blanche

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).

igname sauvage

The African bitter yam (Dioscorea dumetorum) is a species in the genus Dioscorea. This species inhabits Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes, found across Guinea.

Pygargue à tête blanche

The national bird of the United States and a symbol of American conservation success, bald eagles have a wingspan of up to 2.4 meters and inhabit forests and wetlands near open water across North America. Powerful aerial predators and scavengers, they specialize in fish but also take waterfowl and carrion. Nearly extinct by the 1960s due to DDT poisoning and hunting, the bald eagle recovered dramatically following pesticide bans and the Endangered Species Act.