pigargo-americano vs arrowroot

Haliaeetus leucocephalus compared with Thalia geniculata

Key Differences

• pigargo-americano is Not Evaluated while arrowroot is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	pigargo-americano	arrowroot
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Aves (ave)	Thaliacea (Thaliacea)
Order	Accipitriformes (Hawks & Eagles)	Salpida (Salpida)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Salpidae
Genus	Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles)	Thalia
Species	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Thalia geniculata

Evolutionary Relationship

pigargo-americano and arrowroot share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

Conservation Status

pigargo-americano

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

arrowroot

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).

arrowroot

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.

arrowroot

The Arrowroot, Thalia geniculata, is a species. It is currently assessed as least concern on the IUCN Red List. Native to Africa and Asia and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.