pigargo-americano vs greater sea-spurrey

Haliaeetus leucocephalus compared with Spergularia media

Key Differences

pigargo-americano is Not Evaluated while greater sea-spurrey is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	pigargo-americano	greater sea-spurrey
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (ave)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Accipitriformes (Hawks & Eagles)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Caryophyllaceae
Genus	Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles)	Spergularia
Species	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Spergularia media

Conservation Status

pigargo-americano

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

greater sea-spurrey

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	pigargo-americano	greater sea-spurrey
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).

greater sea-spurrey

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including flooded grasslands and savannas, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Angola, Namibia, South Africa), Europe (4 countries), North America (Canada), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile).

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.