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Golden eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Birds · Least concern
vs
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Peregrine falcon
Falco peregrinus
Birds · Least concern
19 clips name both of them
32 million views between them.
Golden eagle outweighs Peregrine falcon 5.6× — 4.2 kg against 0.8 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
4.25 kg
🦅 Golden eagle · AVONET
0.76 kg
🦅 Peregrine falcon · AVONET
Maximum lifespan
48 yr
🦅 Golden eagle · AnAge
25 yr
🦅 Peregrine falcon · AnAge
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
Animals caught on camera
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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 84 million years ago.
Estimates range from 76 to 95 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.
About this estimate
Dates from Jetz, Thomas, Joy, Hartmann & Mooers 2012, Nature 491:444 (CC0).