ハクトウワシ vs Coast Fescue
Haliaeetus leucocephalus compared with Festuca elmeri
Key Differences
- ハクトウワシ is Not Evaluated while Coast Fescue is Least Concern.
Taxonomic Classification
| Rank | ハクトウワシ | Coast Fescue |
|---|---|---|
| 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) | Festuca |
| Species | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Festuca elmeri |
Conservation Status
ハクトウワシ
NE — Not EvaluatedPopulation: ~316.7K
Trend: Increasing ↑
Coast Fescue
LC — Least ConcernPhysical Characteristics
| Attribute | ハクトウワシ | Coast Fescue |
|---|---|---|
| Diet | Carnivore | — |
| Average Lifespan | 28 years | — |
| Average Length | 90 cm | — |
| Average Weight | 5.0 kg | — |
Habitat & Geographic Range
ハクトウワシ
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.
Widely distributed across Europe (8 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Ecuador).
Coast Fescue
Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.
Found in Mexico.
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。
Coast Fescue
Coast fescue (Festuca elmeri) is a perennial bunchgrass in the family Poaceae, native to coastal and near-coastal grasslands of California and northern Baja California, Mexico. It grows on sandy bluffs, coastal terraces, coastal prairie, and the margins of coastal scrub communities, tolerating salt spray, summer drought, and the nutrient-poor soils characteristic of Pacific Coast grasslands. The genus Festuca encompasses numerous fescue species distributed globally, many of which are important components of natural grasslands and widely cultivated as turf and forage grasses. Coast fescue forms tufted clumps with narrow, rolled or folded leaves and produces slender flowering culms in late spring. It is an important component of California's native coastal prairie, a community that has been dramatically reduced by agricultural conversion, urban development, and invasion by European annual grasses. The IUCN assesses coast fescue as Least Concern. Native coastal prairie restoration projects in California use Festuca elmeri as a key species for revegetating degraded coastal bluffs and terraces.
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