American Bald Eagle vs King/Common Eider

Haliaeetus leucocephalus compared with Somateria spectabilis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	American Bald Eagle	King/Common Eider
Kingdom same	Animalia (สัตว์)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum same	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class same	Aves (นก)	Aves (นก)
Order	Accipitriformes (อันดับเหยี่ยว)	Anseriformes (อันดับห่าน)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Anatidae
Genus	Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles)	Somateria
Species	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Somateria spectabilis

Evolutionary Relationship

American Bald Eagle and King/Common Eider share a common ancestor at the Class level: Aves. (นก)

ดู: Class: Aves

Conservation Status

American Bald Eagle

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

King/Common Eider

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	American Bald Eagle	King/Common Eider
Diet	Carnivore	—
Average Lifespan	28 years	—
Average Length	90 cm	—
Average Weight	5.0 kg	—

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).

King/Common Eider

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

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.