American Bald Eagle vs Fork-tailed Woodnymph

Haliaeetus leucocephalus compared with Thalurania furcata

Key Differences

• American Bald Eagle is Not Evaluated while Fork-tailed Woodnymph is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	American Bald Eagle	Fork-tailed Woodnymph
Kingdom same	Animalia (hewan)	Animalia (hewan)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Aves (burung)	Aves (burung)
Order	Accipitriformes (Hawks & Eagles)	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Trochilidae
Genus	Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles)	Thalurania
Species	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Thalurania furcata

Evolutionary Relationship

American Bald Eagle and Fork-tailed Woodnymph share a common ancestor at the Class level: Aves. (burung)

Conservation Status

American Bald Eagle

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Fork-tailed Woodnymph

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	American Bald Eagle	Fork-tailed Woodnymph
Diet	Carnivore	—
Average Lifespan	28 years	—
Average Length	90 cm	—
Average Weight	5.0 kg	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

American Bald Eagle

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).

Fork-tailed Woodnymph

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

American Bald Eagle

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.

Fork-tailed Woodnymph

A brilliantly colored South American hummingbird named for its deeply forked tail, fork-tailed woodnymphs display glittering violet-blue gorget and green upper parts in males, with deep blue forked outer tail feathers. They are widespread in tropical forests east of the Andes from Venezuela and Colombia to Bolivia and Brazil. Highly aggressive territory defenders, they chase other hummingbirds from nectar sources. They are important pollinators of diverse Amazonian and Atlantic Forest flowering plants.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇪🇨 Ecuador 🇳🇴 Norway