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Peregrine falcon
Falco peregrinus
Birds · Least concern
vs
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Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
Birds · Least concern
One clip names both of them
10 views between them.
Peregrine falcon outweighs Red-shouldered Hawk 1.3× — 0.8 kg against 0.6 kg. Both figures are averages across males and females.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
0.76 kg
🦅 Peregrine falcon · AVONET
0.6 kg
🦅 Red-shouldered Hawk · AVONET
Maximum lifespan
25 yr
🦅 Peregrine falcon · AnAge
22 yr
🦅 Red-shouldered Hawk · 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.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.