céphalaire des Alpes vs Pygargue à tête blanche

Cephalaria alpina compared with Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	céphalaire des Alpes	Pygargue à tête blanche
Kingdom	Plantae (plante)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (oiseau)
Order	Dipsacales (Dipsacales)	Accipitriformes (Hawks & Eagles)
Family	Caprifoliaceae	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)
Genus	Cephalaria	Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles)
Species	Cephalaria alpina	Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Conservation Status

céphalaire des Alpes

NE — Not Evaluated

Pygargue à tête blanche

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	céphalaire des Alpes	Pygargue à tête blanche
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	28 years
Average Length	—	90 cm
Average Weight	—	5.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

céphalaire des Alpes

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found across Europe (7 countries) and North America (Canada).

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).

céphalaire des Alpes

The Alpine-scabious (Cephalaria alpina) is a species in the genus Cephalaria. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Found across Europe (7 countries) and North America (Canada).

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.