白头海雕 vs plains zebra

Haliaeetus leucocephalus compared with Equus quagga

Key Differences

• 白头海雕 is Not Evaluated while plains zebra is Near Threatened.
• 白头海雕 is carnivore while plains zebra is herbivore.
• plains zebra is 70.0x heavier than 白头海雕.
• 白头海雕 lives longer (28 years vs 25 years).

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	白头海雕	plains zebra
Kingdom same	Animalia (动物界)	Animalia (动物界)
Phylum same	Chordata (脊索动物门)	Chordata (脊索动物门)
Class	Aves (鳥綱)	Mammalia (哺乳動物)
Order	Accipitriformes (鷹形目)	Perissodactyla (奇蹄目)
Family	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)	Equidae (Horses & Zebras)
Genus	Haliaeetus (Sea Eagles)	Equus (Horses & Zebras)
Species	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	Equus quagga

Evolutionary Relationship

白头海雕 and plains zebra share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (脊索动物门)

Conservation Status

白头海雕

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~316.7K

Trend: Increasing ↑

plains zebra

NT — Near Threatened

Population: ~750.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	白头海雕	plains zebra
Diet	Carnivore	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	28 years	25 years
Average Length	90 cm	2.3 m
Average Weight	5.0 kg	350.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

白头海雕

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).

plains zebra

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, and Tanzania. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

白头海雕

白头海雕是美国国鸟，也是美国生态保护史上的成功案例，曾因滴滴涕（DDT）的广泛使用而濒临灭绝，经保护措施的实施后种群数量已显著恢复。该物种在IUCN红色名录中被评估为无危（LC），以白色头颈和尾羽与深棕色体羽形成的鲜明对比为主要识别特征。它们主要以鱼类为食，也会捕食哺乳动物和腐肉。

plains zebra

数量最多的野生马科动物，平原斑马（Equus quagga）栖居于东非和南非的草原和稀树草原，从小型家庭群到大规模聚集均有分布。每个个体独特的黑白条纹图案可能起到迷惑捕食者、驱避吸血昆虫和促进个体识别的作用。斑马是狮子、鬣狗和鳄鱼的主要猎物，支撑着稀树草原食物网。