American Bald Eagle vs Giant Oceanic Manta Ray

Haliaeetus leucocephalus compared with Manta birostris

Key Differences

• American Bald Eagle is Not Evaluated while Giant Oceanic Manta Ray is Endangered.
• American Bald Eagle is carnivore while Giant Oceanic Manta Ray is omnivore.
• Giant Oceanic Manta Ray is 280.0x heavier than American Bald Eagle.
• Giant Oceanic Manta Ray lives longer (50 years vs 28 years).

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	American Bald Eagle	Giant Oceanic Manta Ray
Kingdom same	Animalia (สัตว์)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum same	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class	Aves (นก)	Chondrichthyes (ปลากระดูกอ่อน)
Order	Accipitriformes (อันดับเหยี่ยว)	Lamniformes (อันดับปลาฉลามขาว)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Rhincodontidae (Whale Sharks)
Genus	Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles)	Rhincodon (Whale Sharks)
Species	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Manta birostris

Evolutionary Relationship

American Bald Eagle and Giant Oceanic Manta Ray share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)

Conservation Status

American Bald Eagle

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Giant Oceanic Manta Ray

EN — Endangered

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	American Bald Eagle	Giant Oceanic Manta Ray
Diet	Carnivore	Omnivore
Average Lifespan	28 years	50 years
Average Length	90 cm	5.0 m
Average Weight	5.0 kg	1.4 t

Habitat & Geographic Range

American Bald Eagle

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).

Giant Oceanic Manta Ray

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including flooded grasslands and savannas, mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan and Neotropic realms.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Ecuador, Maldives, Mexico, and Mozambique. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

American Bald Eagle

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.

Giant Oceanic Manta Ray

The giant manta ray is the largest ray species, with a wingspan up to 7 meters. They are filter feeders.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇪🇨 Ecuador