One clip names both of them

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Peregrine falcon outweighs Carrion Crow 1.3× — 0.8 kg against 0.6 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

0.57 kg

🐦‍⬛ Carrion Crow · AVONET

0.76 kg

🦅 Peregrine falcon · AVONET

Maximum lifespan

19 yr

🐦‍⬛ Carrion Crow · AnAge

25 yr

🦅 Peregrine falcon · AnAge

Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.

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Shared ancestry

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

They last shared an ancestor about 81 million years ago.

Estimates range from 74 to 93 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.

About this estimate

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