Black Bent vs mergulhão-de-poupa

Agrostis gigantea compared with Podiceps cristatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Bent	mergulhão-de-poupa
Kingdom	Plantae (plantas)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Aves (ave)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Podicipediformes (Podicipediformes)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Podicipedidae
Genus	Agrostis	Podiceps
Species	Agrostis gigantea	Podiceps cristatus

Conservation Status

Black Bent

LC — Least Concern

mergulhão-de-poupa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Bent	mergulhão-de-poupa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Bent

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (11 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (5 countries).

mergulhão-de-poupa

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

Black Bent

The Black Bent (Agrostis gigantea) is a species in the genus Agrostis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

mergulhão-de-poupa

O mergulhão-de-crista (Podiceps cristatus) está classificado como Pouco Preocupante (LC) na Lista Vermelha da UICN. Amplamente distribuído e abundante em sua área de ocorrência, com populações estáveis e sem preocupações imediatas de conservação.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden