Белоголовый орлан vs Slender Russian-Thistle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus compared with Salsola collina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Белоголовый орлан	Slender Russian-Thistle
Kingdom	Animalia (животные)	Plantae (растения)
Phylum	Chordata (хордовые)	Magnoliophyta (магнолиофиты)
Class	Aves (птицы)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Accipitriformes (ястребообразные)	Caryophyllales (гвоздичноцветные)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles)	Salsola
Species	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Salsola collina

Conservation Status

Белоголовый орлан

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Slender Russian-Thistle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Белоголовый орлан	Slender Russian-Thistle
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).

Slender Russian-Thistle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found across Europe (11 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

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.