Cèdre blanc du Canada vs Pygargue à tête blanche

Thuja occidentalis compared with Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cèdre blanc du Canada	Pygargue à tête blanche
Kingdom	Plantae (plante)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Coniferophyta (Conifers)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Pinopsida (Conifers)	Aves (oiseau)
Order	Pinales (Pines & Allies)	Accipitriformes (Hawks & Eagles)
Family	Cupressaceae	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)
Genus	Thuja	Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles)
Species	Thuja occidentalis	Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Conservation Status

Cèdre blanc du Canada

NE — Not Evaluated

Pygargue à tête blanche

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cèdre blanc du Canada	Pygargue à tête blanche
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	28 years
Average Length	—	90 cm
Average Weight	—	5.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cèdre blanc du Canada

Habitat

Typically found in temperate and boreal forests, often at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Libya), Asia (Armenia, Taiwan, Turkey), Europe (21 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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).

Cèdre blanc du Canada

The American Arbor-Vitae (Thuja occidentalis) is a species in the genus Thuja. Typically found in temperate and boreal forests, often at higher elevations.

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.