Pygargue à tête blanche vs Jellied False Coral Fungus

Haliaeetus leucocephalus compared with Sebacina schweinitzii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Pygargue à tête blanche	Jellied False Coral Fungus
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Aves (oiseau)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Accipitriformes (Hawks & Eagles)	Sebacinales (Sebacinales)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Sebacinaceae
Genus	Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles)	Sebacina
Species	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Sebacina schweinitzii

Conservation Status

Pygargue à tête blanche

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Jellied False Coral Fungus

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Pygargue à tête blanche	Jellied False Coral Fungus
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).

Jellied False Coral Fungus

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Found in United States.

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.