ハクトウワシ vs Water spangles

Haliaeetus leucocephalus compared with Salvinia minima

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	ハクトウワシ	Water spangles
Kingdom	Animalia (動物)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索動物)	Tracheophyta
Class	Aves (鳥類)	Polypodiopsida (ウラボシ綱)
Order	Accipitriformes (タカ目)	Salviniales (水生シダ類)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Salviniaceae
Genus	Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles)	Salvinia
Species	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Salvinia minima

Conservation Status

ハクトウワシ

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Water spangles

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	ハクトウワシ	Water spangles
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).

Water spangles

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Sri Lanka), North America (Cuba, Dominican Republic, United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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。