One clip names both of them

1.2 million views between them.

Golden eagle outweighs Great Egret 4.9× — 4.2 kg against 0.9 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

4.25 kg

🦅 Golden eagle · AVONET

0.87 kg

🦩 Great Egret · AVONET

Maximum lifespan

48 yr

🦅 Golden eagle · AnAge

23 yr

🦩 Great Egret · AnAge

Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.

Kamerára vett állatok

Igazi felvételek az oldal állatairól — ahogy vadásznak, ahogy harcolnak, és ahogy egyszerűen csak élnek.

Shared ancestry

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

We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.