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Golden eagle outweighs Grey Heron 2.9× — 4.2 kg against 1.4 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

4.25 kg

🦅 Golden eagle · AVONET

1.44 kg

🐦 Grey Heron · AVONET

Maximum lifespan

48 yr

🦅 Golden eagle · AnAge

38 yr

🐦 Grey Heron · AnAge

Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.

חיות מול המצלמה

צילומים אמיתיים של החיות באתר – צדות, נלחמות, ופשוט ממשיכות בשלהן.

Shared ancestry

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

They last shared an ancestor about 86 million years ago.

Estimates range from 77 to 97 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.

About this estimate

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