Pygargue à tête blanche vs

Haliaeetus leucocephalus compared with Aulacoseira distans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Pygargue à tête blanche
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)
Class	Aves (oiseau)	Bacillariophyceae (Bacillariophyceae)
Order	Accipitriformes (Hawks & Eagles)	Aulacoseirales (Aulacoseirales)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Aulacoseiraceae
Genus	Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles)	Aulacoseira
Species	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Aulacoseira distans

Conservation Status

Pygargue à tête blanche

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).

Habitat

Native to Europe and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden.

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.

Aulacoseira distans is a filamentous, centric freshwater diatom forming cylindrical cells linked in long chains by spines along the cell margins. It inhabits oligotrophic to mesotrophic freshwater lakes and ponds across boreal and temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere. This photosynthetic diatom contributes to phytoplankton communities in cold, nutrient-poor lakes.