águia-dominó vs pigargo-americano

Aquila spilogaster compared with Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Key Differences

águia-dominó is Least Concern while pigargo-americano is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	águia-dominó	pigargo-americano
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Aves (ave)	Aves (ave)
Order same	Accipitriformes (Hawks & Eagles)	Accipitriformes (Hawks & Eagles)
Family same	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)
Genus	Aquila (True Eagles)	Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles)
Species	Aquila spilogaster	Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Evolutionary Relationship

águia-dominó and pigargo-americano share a common ancestor at the Family level: Accipitridae. (Hawks & Eagles)

View Family: Accipitridae

Conservation Status

águia-dominó

LC — Least Concern

pigargo-americano

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	águia-dominó	pigargo-americano
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	28 years
Average Length	—	90 cm
Average Weight	—	5.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

águia-dominó

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway.

pigargo-americano

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).

águia-dominó

The African Hawk-Eagle (Aquila spilogaster) is a species in the genus Aquila. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

pigargo-americano

A ave nacional dos Estados Unidos e símbolo do sucesso conservacionista americano, a águia-careca tem uma envergadura de até 2,4 metros e habita florestas e zonas húmidas próximas de águas abertas em toda a América do Norte. Quase extinta na década de 1960 devido ao envenenamento por DDT e à caça, recuperou de forma notável após as proibições de pesticidas e a Lei das Espécies em Perigo.