biguá-das-chatham vs Green Sea Turtle

Leucocarbo onslowi compared with Chelonia mydas

Key Differences

biguá-das-chatham is Critically Endangered while Green Sea Turtle is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	biguá-das-chatham	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	Phalacrocoracidae	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
Genus	Leucocarbo	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)
Species	Leucocarbo onslowi	Chelonia mydas

Evolutionary Relationship

biguá-das-chatham and Green Sea Turtle share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

View Phylum: Chordata

Conservation Status

biguá-das-chatham

CR — Critically Endangered

Green Sea Turtle

EN — Endangered

Population: ~85.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	biguá-das-chatham	Green Sea Turtle
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	80 years
Average Length	—	1.2 m
Average Weight	—	200.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

biguá-das-chatham

Habitat

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

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.

biguá-das-chatham

The Chatham shag (Leucocarbo onslowi) is a species in the genus Leucocarbo. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.