ハクトウワシ vs Common Horse Chestnut

Haliaeetus leucocephalus compared with Aesculus hippocastanum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank ハクトウワシ Common Horse Chestnut
Kingdom Animalia (動物) Plantae (植物)
Phylum Chordata (脊索動物) Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)
Class Aves (鳥類) Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)
Order Accipitriformes (タカ目) Sapindales (ムクロジ目)
Family Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles) Sapindaceae
Genus Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles) Aesculus
Species Haliaeetus leucocephalus Aesculus hippocastanum

Conservation Status

ハクトウワシ

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Common Horse Chestnut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute ハクトウワシ Common Horse Chestnut
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).

Common Horse Chestnut

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria), Asia (Armenia, Taiwan, Turkey), Europe (28 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil).

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。

Common Horse Chestnut

<em>Aesculus hippocastanum</em>, commonly known as the common horse chestnut, is a large deciduous tree in the family Sapindaceae. It has a very wide global distribution and is widely cultivated as an ornamental street and park tree across temperate regions worldwide. Originally native to the Balkans, it has naturalized extensively throughout Europe, North America, and other parts of the world. Its conservation status has not been formally evaluated by the IUCN. The species typically grows in temperate woodland and urban environments, favoring deep, moist, fertile soils. Diet information for this species is not available in current records. Biological traits of this species remain poorly documented in the scientific literature.

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