Pygargue à tête blanche vs Squale-chagrin de l'Atlantique

Haliaeetus leucocephalus compared with Centrophorus squamosus

Key Differences

• Pygargue à tête blanche is Not Evaluated while Squale-chagrin de l'Atlantique is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Pygargue à tête blanche	Squale-chagrin de l'Atlantique
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Aves (oiseau)	Elasmobranchii
Order	Accipitriformes (Hawks & Eagles)	Squaliformes (Squaliformes)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Centrophoridae
Genus	Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles)	Centrophorus
Species	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Centrophorus squamosus

Evolutionary Relationship

Pygargue à tête blanche and Squale-chagrin de l'Atlantique share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Pygargue à tête blanche

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Squale-chagrin de l'Atlantique

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Pygargue à tête blanche	Squale-chagrin de l'Atlantique
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).

Squale-chagrin de l'Atlantique

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate grasslands and steppes, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Chile, Norway, Portugal, and Taiwan. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway