ハクトウワシ vs Giant Oceanic Manta Ray

Haliaeetus leucocephalus compared with Manta birostris

Key Differences

• ハクトウワシ is Not Evaluated while Giant Oceanic Manta Ray is Endangered.
• ハクトウワシ is carnivore while Giant Oceanic Manta Ray is omnivore.
• Giant Oceanic Manta Ray is 280.0x heavier than ハクトウワシ.
• Giant Oceanic Manta Ray lives longer (50 years vs 28 years).

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	ハクトウワシ	Giant Oceanic Manta Ray
Kingdom same	Animalia (動物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum same	Chordata (脊索動物)	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class	Aves (鳥類)	Chondrichthyes (軟骨魚綱)
Order	Accipitriformes (タカ目)	Lamniformes (ネズミザメ目)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Rhincodontidae (Whale Sharks)
Genus	Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles)	Rhincodon (Whale Sharks)
Species	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Manta birostris

Evolutionary Relationship

ハクトウワシ and Giant Oceanic Manta Ray share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (脊索動物)

Conservation Status

ハクトウワシ

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Giant Oceanic Manta Ray

EN — Endangered

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	ハクトウワシ	Giant Oceanic Manta Ray
Diet	Carnivore	Omnivore
Average Lifespan	28 years	50 years
Average Length	90 cm	5.0 m
Average Weight	5.0 kg	1.4 t

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).

Giant Oceanic Manta Ray

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including flooded grasslands and savannas, mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan and Neotropic realms.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Ecuador, Maldives, Mexico, and Mozambique. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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。

Giant Oceanic Manta Ray

オニイトマキエイ（Manta birostris）は翼幅が最大7mに達する最大のエイ種である。濾過摂食を行う動物である。

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇪🇨 Ecuador