Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico vs trinta-réis-boreal / gaivina

Alopias pelagicus compared with Sterna hirundo

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico	trinta-réis-boreal / gaivina
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous Fish)	Aves (ave)
Order	Lamniformes (Mackerel Sharks)	Charadriiformes (Charadriiformes)
Family	Alopiidae	Laridae
Genus	Alopias	Sterna
Species	Alopias pelagicus	Sterna hirundo

Evolutionary Relationship

Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico and trinta-réis-boreal / gaivina share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

View Phylum: Chordata

Conservation Status

Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico

EN — Endangered

trinta-réis-boreal / gaivina

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico	trinta-réis-boreal / gaivina
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico

Habitat

Typically found in marine environments from coastal waters to deep ocean.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Taiwan. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

trinta-réis-boreal / gaivina

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 9 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 (7 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico

The Bigeye thresher (Alopias pelagicus) is a species in the genus Alopias. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in marine environments from coastal waters to deep ocean.

trinta-réis-boreal / gaivina

O trinta-réis-comum (Sterna hirundo) está classificado como Em Perigo (EN) na Lista Vermelha da IUCN. Em alto risco de extinção na natureza, com declínio populacional significativo e ameaças contínuas à sobrevivência.