pigargo-americano vs Green Anaconda

Haliaeetus leucocephalus compared with Eunectes murinus

Key Differences

pigargo-americano is Not Evaluated while Green Anaconda is Least Concern.
Green Anaconda is 45.4x heavier than pigargo-americano.
Green Anaconda lives longer (30 years vs 28 years).

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	pigargo-americano	Green Anaconda
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Aves (ave)	Reptilia (réptil)
Order	Accipitriformes (Hawks & Eagles)	Squamata (Escamados)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Pythonidae (Pythons)
Genus	Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles)	Python (Pythons)
Species	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Eunectes murinus

Evolutionary Relationship

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

View Phylum: Chordata

Conservation Status

pigargo-americano

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Green Anaconda

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	pigargo-americano	Green Anaconda
Diet	Carnivore	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	28 years	30 years
Average Length	90 cm	6.0 m
Average Weight	5.0 kg	227.0 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).

Green Anaconda

Habitat

Typically found in diverse ecosystems where prey species are available.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

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.