ハクトウワシ vs Sargassum Seaweed

Haliaeetus leucocephalus compared with Sargassum fluitans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	ハクトウワシ	Sargassum Seaweed
Kingdom	Animalia (動物)	Chromista (クロミスタ)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索動物)	Ochrophyta (オクロ植物)
Class	Aves (鳥類)	Phaeophyceae (褐藻)
Order	Accipitriformes (タカ目)	Fucales (Fucales)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Sargassaceae
Genus	Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles)	Sargassum
Species	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Sargassum fluitans

Conservation Status

ハクトウワシ

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Sargassum Seaweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	ハクトウワシ	Sargassum Seaweed
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).

Sargassum Seaweed

Habitat

Native to Africa and Asia and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Sao Tome and Principe), Asia (Iran), and North America (4 countries).

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。