ハクトウワシ vs black spear grass

Haliaeetus leucocephalus compared with Heteropogon contortus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank ハクトウワシ black spear grass
Kingdom Animalia (動物) Plantae (植物)
Phylum Chordata (脊索動物) Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)
Class Aves (鳥類) Liliopsida (単子葉植物綱)
Order Accipitriformes (タカ目) Poales (イネ目)
Family Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles) Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles) Heteropogon
Species Haliaeetus leucocephalus Heteropogon contortus

Conservation Status

ハクトウワシ

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

black spear grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute ハクトウワシ black spear grass
Diet Carnivore
Average Lifespan 28 years
Average Length 90 cm
Average Weight 5.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

ハクトウワシ

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).

black spear grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar), Asia (Pakistan, Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Tonga), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

ハクトウワシ

アメリカの国鳥であり保全の成功を象徴するハクトウワシは翼開長が最大2.4 mに達し、北米全域の水辺近くの森林や湿地に生息する。強力な空中捕食者兼腐肉食者で魚を主食とするが、水鳥や腐肉も捕食する。DDT汚染と狩猟によって1960年代にほぼ絶滅に瀕したが、農薬の使用禁止と絶滅危惧種法の施行により劇的に回復した。

black spear grass

The Black spear grass (Heteropogon contortus) is a species in the genus Heteropogon. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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