Белоголовый орлан vs Pacific yam

Haliaeetus leucocephalus compared with Dioscorea nummularia

Key Differences

• Белоголовый орлан is Not Evaluated while Pacific yam is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Белоголовый орлан	Pacific yam
Kingdom	Animalia (животные)	Plantae (растения)
Phylum	Chordata (хордовые)	Magnoliophyta (магнолиофиты)
Class	Aves (птицы)	Liliopsida (лилиопсиды)
Order	Accipitriformes (ястребообразные)	Dioscoreales (диоскореецветные)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles)	Dioscorea
Species	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Dioscorea nummularia

Conservation Status

Белоголовый орлан

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Pacific yam

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Белоголовый орлан	Pacific yam
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).

Pacific yam

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Laos. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.