🦅
Peregrine falcon
Falco peregrinus
Birds · Least concern
vs
🐺
Grey wolf
Canis lupus
Carnivores · Least concern
One clip names both of them
2.7 million views between them.
Grey wolf outweighs Peregrine falcon 38× — 29.2 kg against 0.8 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
0.76 kg
🦅 Peregrine falcon · AVONET
29 kg
🐺 Grey wolf · COMBINE
Shoulder height
no figure yet
🦅 Peregrine falcon
0.73 m
🐺 Grey wolf
Body length
no figure yet
🦅 Peregrine falcon
1.27 m
🐺 Grey wolf · COMBINE
Top speed
no figure yet
🦅 Peregrine falcon
62 km/h
🐺 Grey wolf
Bite force
no figure yet
🦅 Peregrine falcon
593 N
🐺 Grey wolf
Maximum lifespan
25 yr
🦅 Peregrine falcon · AnAge
29 yr
🐺 Grey wolf · COMBINE
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures. Bite force figures come from individual studies and vary a lot between sources.
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 Tetrapoda (superclass), home to 51,389 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.