ハクトウワシ vs Pinkhead smartweed

Haliaeetus leucocephalus compared with Persicaria capitata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	ハクトウワシ	Pinkhead smartweed
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)	Caryophyllales (ナデシコ目)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Polygonaceae
Genus	Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles)	Persicaria
Species	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Persicaria capitata

Conservation Status

ハクトウワシ

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Pinkhead smartweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	ハクトウワシ	Pinkhead smartweed
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).

Pinkhead smartweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan), Europe (12 countries), North America (Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Colombia, Venezuela).

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。