Green Sea Turtle vs Stripe-throated Hermit

Chelonia mydas compared with Phaethornis striigularis

Key Differences

• Green Sea Turtle is Endangered while Stripe-throated Hermit is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Green Sea Turtle	Stripe-throated Hermit
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Reptilia (réptil)	Aves (ave)
Order	Testudines (Tartaruga)	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)
Family	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)	Trochilidae
Genus	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)	Phaethornis
Species	Chelonia mydas	Phaethornis striigularis

Evolutionary Relationship

Green Sea Turtle and Stripe-throated Hermit share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

Conservation Status

Green Sea Turtle

EN — Endangered

Population: ~85.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Stripe-throated Hermit

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Green Sea Turtle	Stripe-throated Hermit
Diet	Herbivore	—
Average Lifespan	80 years	—
Average Length	1.2 m	—
Average Weight	200.0 kg	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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.

Stripe-throated Hermit

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Green Sea Turtle

A tartaruga-verde (Chelonia mydas) é uma das maiores tartarugas marinhas. Seu nome vem da cor verde da cartilagem e gordura, não do casco.

Stripe-throated Hermit

O rabo-branco-de-garganta-listrada e um beija-flor eremita pequeno do sub-bosque de florestas umidas do sul do Mexico ate a America Central e o norte da America do Sul. Tem a parte dorsal verde com uma face distintamente listrada de branco e um bico curvo adaptado para flores de Heliconia e gengibre. Segue rotas fixas de nectar pelo denso sub-bosque. Os machos se reuem em leks onde cantam cancoes repetitivas persistentes para atrair femeas. Sao importantes polinizadores de plantas de Heliconia e Costus do sub-bosque em toda sua area de ocorrencia.