One clip names both of them

94 views between them.

Golden eagle outweighs Rock Dove 12× — 4.2 kg against 0.4 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

4.25 kg

🦅 Golden eagle · AVONET

0.35 kg

🕊️ Rock Dove · AVONET

Maximum lifespan

48 yr

🦅 Golden eagle · AnAge

35 yr

🕊️ Rock Dove · 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 Aves (class), home to 18,988 species.

They last shared an ancestor about 88 million years ago.

Estimates range from 79 to 103 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.

About this estimate

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