Atlantic puffin vs Bald eagle
The bald eagle is heavier: 4.74 kg against 376 g for the Atlantic puffin, about 13 times the weight.
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Photo: Andy Morffew from Itchen Abbas, Hampshire, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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What is the difference between a Atlantic puffin and a bald eagle?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The bald eagle is heavier: 4.74 kg against 376 g for the Atlantic puffin, about 13 times the weight.
- They share the class Aves but sit in different orders: Atlantic puffin in Charadriiformes, Bald eagle in Accipitriformes.
- The Atlantic puffin is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List; the bald eagle is Least Concern.
- They have been recorded in 12 of the same countries (the Atlantic puffin in 34 in total, the bald eagle in 20). Shared records include zoos, so this does not mean they meet in the wild.
Side by side
| Atlantic puffin | Bald eagle | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Fratercula arctica | Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
| Family | Alcidae | Accipitridae |
| Order | Charadriiformes | Accipitriformes |
| Weight | 376 g | 4.13 kg – 5.35 kg |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Main food | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Habitat | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Conservation status | Vulnerable | Least Concern |
| Countries recorded | 34 | 20 |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.
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