atobá / alcatraz-pardo vs Green Sea Turtle

Sula leucogaster compared with Chelonia mydas

Key Differences

atobá / alcatraz-pardo is Least Concern while Green Sea Turtle is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	atobá / alcatraz-pardo	Green Sea Turtle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Aves (ave)	Reptilia (réptil)
Order	Suliformes (Suliformes)	Testudines (Tartaruga)
Family	Sulidae	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
Genus	Sula	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)
Species	Sula leucogaster	Chelonia mydas

Evolutionary Relationship

atobá / alcatraz-pardo and Green Sea Turtle share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

View Phylum: Chordata

Conservation Status

atobá / alcatraz-pardo

LC — Least Concern

Green Sea Turtle

EN — Endangered

Population: ~85.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	atobá / alcatraz-pardo	Green Sea Turtle
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	80 years
Average Length	—	1.2 m
Average Weight	—	200.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

atobá / alcatraz-pardo

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (Denmark, Norway, Sweden), North America (United States), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

Green Sea Turtle

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 8 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Indonesia, and Mexico. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

atobá / alcatraz-pardo

O Sula leucogaster (Atobá-pardo) está classificado como Pouco Preocupante (LC) na Lista Vermelha da IUCN. Amplamente distribuído e abundante em sua área de ocorrência, com populações estáveis e sem preocupações imediatas de conservação.