Falcão-peregrino vs Green Sea Turtle

Falco peregrinus compared with Chelonia mydas

Key Differences

Falcão-peregrino is Least Concern while Green Sea Turtle is Endangered.
Falcão-peregrino is carnivore while Green Sea Turtle is herbivore.
Green Sea Turtle is 200.0x heavier than Falcão-peregrino.
Green Sea Turtle lives longer (80 years vs 15 years).

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Falcão-peregrino	Green Sea Turtle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Aves (ave)	Reptilia (réptil)
Order	Falconiformes (Falconiformes)	Testudines (Tartaruga)
Family	Falconidae	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
Genus	Falco	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)
Species	Falco peregrinus	Chelonia mydas

Evolutionary Relationship

Falcão-peregrino and Green Sea Turtle share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

View Phylum: Chordata

Conservation Status

Falcão-peregrino

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~140.0K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Green Sea Turtle

EN — Endangered

Population: ~85.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Falcão-peregrino	Green Sea Turtle
Diet	Carnivore	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	15 years	80 years
Average Length	48 cm	1.2 m
Average Weight	1.0 kg	200.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Falcão-peregrino

Habitat

Typically found in diverse ecosystems where prey species are available.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (7 countries), 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.

Falcão-peregrino

O animal mais veloz do planeta, os falcões-peregrinos atingem velocidades de mergulho aéreas superiores a 320 km/h ao se lançar sobre a presa, atordoando ou matando aves em voo com um golpe das patas. Encontrado em todos os continentes exceto a Antártida, em habitats diversos, desde a tundra ártica até florestas tropicais. Quase extinto na América do Norte e Europa devido ao envenenamento por DDT nas décadas de 1960–70, os peregrinos se recuperaram dramaticamente após a proibição de pesticidas e programas bem-sucedidos de nidificação urbana.