One clip names both of them

74 views between them.

Golden eagle outweighs Common Buzzard 5.6× — 4.2 kg against 0.8 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

0.76 kg

🦅 Common Buzzard · AVONET

4.25 kg

🦅 Golden eagle · AVONET

Maximum lifespan

29 yr

🦅 Common Buzzard · AnAge

48 yr

🦅 Golden eagle · AnAge

Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.

Les animaux pris sur le vif

De vraies images des animaux de ce site — à la chasse, au combat, ou vaquant simplement à leurs occupations.

Shared ancestry

The closest group they share is Accipitridae (family), home to 529 species.

They last shared an ancestor about 35 million years ago.

Estimates range from 30 to 42 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.

About this estimate

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