Белоголовый орлан vs fish gill fluke

Haliaeetus leucocephalus compared with Dactylogyrus vastator

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Белоголовый орлан	fish gill fluke
Kingdom same	Animalia (животные)	Animalia (животные)
Phylum	Chordata (хордовые)	Platyhelminthes (плоские черви)
Class	Aves (птицы)	Monogenea (Моногенеи)
Order	Accipitriformes (ястребообразные)	Dactylogyridea (Dactylogyridea)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Dactylogyridae
Genus	Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles)	Dactylogyrus
Species	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Dactylogyrus vastator

Evolutionary Relationship

Белоголовый орлан and fish gill fluke share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (животные)

Conservation Status

Белоголовый орлан

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

fish gill fluke

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Белоголовый орлан	fish gill fluke
Diet	Carnivore	—
Average Lifespan	28 years	—
Average Length	90 cm	—
Average Weight	5.0 kg	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Белоголовый орлан

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 10 distinct biome types spanning the Neotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (8 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Ecuador).

fish gill fluke

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Austria, Ireland, Mexico, Norway, and Sweden.

Белоголовый орлан

The national bird of the United States and a symbol of American conservation success, bald eagles have a wingspan of up to 2.4 meters and inhabit forests and wetlands near open water across North America. Powerful aerial predators and scavengers, they specialize in fish but also take waterfowl and carrion. Nearly extinct by the 1960s due to DDT poisoning and hunting, the bald eagle recovered dramatically following pesticide bans and the Endangered Species Act.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden