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Griffon Vulture outweighs Eurasian Hoopoe 110× — 7.4 kg against 0.1 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

0.07 kg

🐦 Eurasian Hoopoe · AVONET

7.44 kg

🐦 Griffon Vulture · AVONET

Maximum lifespan

11 yr

🐦 Eurasian Hoopoe · AnAge

41 yr

🐦 Griffon Vulture · 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 82 million years ago.

Estimates range from 74 to 94 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.

About this estimate

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