2 clips name both of them

618,365 views between them.

Level on mass: Golden eagle 4.2 kg, White-tailed Eagle 4.7 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

4.25 kg

🦅 Golden eagle · AVONET

4.73 kg

🦅 White-tailed Eagle · AVONET

Maximum lifespan

48 yr

🦅 Golden eagle · AnAge

42 yr

🦅 White-tailed Eagle · 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 Accipitridae (family), home to 529 species.

They last shared an ancestor about 35 million years ago.

Estimates range from 30 to 42 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.

About this estimate

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