3 clips name both of them

38,035 views between them.

Eurasian Eagle-owl outweighs Western Barn Owl 6.6× — 2.7 kg against 0.4 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

2.67 kg

🦉 Eurasian Eagle-owl · AVONET

0.4 kg

🐦 Western Barn Owl · AVONET

Maximum lifespan

68 yr

🦉 Eurasian Eagle-owl · AnAge

34 yr

🐦 Western Barn 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 Strigiformes (order), home to 422 species.

They last shared an ancestor about 79 million years ago.

Estimates range from 71 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).