ハクトウワシ vs リュウキュウヨシゴイ

Haliaeetus leucocephalus compared with Ixobrychus cinnamomeus

Key Differences

• ハクトウワシ is Not Evaluated while リュウキュウヨシゴイ is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	ハクトウワシ	リュウキュウヨシゴイ
Kingdom same	Animalia (動物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum same	Chordata (脊索動物)	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class same	Aves (鳥類)	Aves (鳥類)
Order	Accipitriformes (タカ目)	Pelecaniformes (ペリカン目)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Ardeidae
Genus	Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles)	Ixobrychus
Species	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Ixobrychus cinnamomeus

Evolutionary Relationship

ハクトウワシ and リュウキュウヨシゴイ share a common ancestor at the Class level: Aves. (鳥類)

Conservation Status

ハクトウワシ

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

リュウキュウヨシゴイ

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	ハクトウワシ	リュウキュウヨシゴイ
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).

リュウキュウヨシゴイ

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and Taiwan.

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。

リュウキュウヨシゴイ

The cinnamon bittern (Ixobrychus cinnamomeus) is a small heron in the family Ardeidae, widely distributed across South and Southeast Asia, from Pakistan and India east through Southeast Asia to China, Japan, and the Philippines, south through Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It inhabits wetlands including rice paddies, reedbeds, marshy grasslands, and the margins of ponds and rivers, where it stalks prey in dense emergent vegetation. The plumage is entirely cinnamon-brown in males, while females are more streaked. Like other small bitterns, it has a cryptic freezing posture—stretching its neck vertically to blend with reeds—when alarmed. The cinnamon bittern is classified as Least Concern by the IUCN, with a widespread and abundant Asian distribution. It is entirely absent from Europe; database records citing Norway are data artifacts. This species is highly tolerant of rice cultivation and degraded wetlands, making it one of the more adaptable Asian herons. However, wetland loss from drainage and intensification of rice agriculture across South and Southeast Asia poses long-term threats to wetland species broadly. The cinnamon bittern is a shy and secretive bird that is more often heard—giving a deep, booming call—than seen in its dense wetland habitat.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway