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Golden eagle outweighs Greylag Goose 1.3× — 4.2 kg against 3.3 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

4.25 kg

🦅 Golden eagle · AVONET

3.3 kg

🪿 Greylag Goose · AVONET

Maximum lifespan

48 yr

🦅 Golden eagle · AnAge

31 yr

🪿 Greylag Goose · AnAge

Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.

حیوانات در قاب دوربین

فیلم واقعی از حیوانات این سایت — در حال شکار، درگیری و گذران زندگی روزمره.

Shared ancestry

The closest group they share is Aves (class), home to 18,988 species.

They last shared an ancestor about 102 million years ago.

Estimates range from 96 to 115 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.

About this estimate

Dates from Jetz, Thomas, Joy, Hartmann & Mooers 2012, Nature 491:444 (CC0).