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Kākāpō outweighs Chicken 2.3× — 1.7 kg against 0.8 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

0.75 kg

🐔 Chicken · AVONET

1.73 kg

🦜 Kākāpō · AVONET

Maximum lifespan

30 yr

🐔 Chicken · AnAge

60 yr

🦜 Kākāpō · AnAge

Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.

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Shared ancestry

The closest group they share is Aves (class), home to 18,988 species.

They last shared an ancestor about 102 million years ago.

Estimates range from 96 to 115 million years; the figure above is the middle estimate.

About this estimate

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