🦎
American alligator
Alligator mississippiensis
Reptiles · Least concern
vs
🦉
Barred Owl
Strix varia
Birds · Least concern
One clip names both of them
27,362 views between them.
American alligator outweighs Barred Owl 210× — 150 kg against 0.7 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
150 kg
🦎 American alligator · AnAge
0.71 kg
🦉 Barred Owl · AVONET
Body length
4.6 m
🦎 American alligator · ReptTraits
no figure yet
🦉 Barred Owl
Maximum lifespan
77 yr
🦎 American alligator · AnAge
34 yr
🦉 Barred Owl · AnAge
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
Animals caught on camera
Real footage of the animals on this site — hunting, fighting, and getting on with it.
Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Sauria (order), home to 32,042 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.