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Black kite vs Crowned eagle

The crowned eagle is heavier: 3.64 kg against 734.1 g for the black kite, about 5.0 times the weight.

Black kite (Milvus migrans)
Black kite LCLeast Concern
Photo: Thomas Kraft ( ThKraft ) · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
Crowned eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus)
Crowned eagle NTNear Threatened
Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

What is the difference between a black kite and a crowned eagle?

Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.

  • The crowned eagle is heavier: 3.64 kg against 734.1 g for the black kite, about 5.0 times the weight.
  • The black kite is longer-lived: 23.8 years against 17 years for the crowned eagle, about 40% longer.
  • They share the family Accipitridae but sit in different genera: Black kite in Milvus, Crowned eagle in Stephanoaetus.
  • The black kite is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List; the crowned eagle is Near Threatened.

Side by side

Black kiteCrowned eagle
Scientific nameMilvus migransStephanoaetus coronatus
FamilyAccipitridaeAccipitridae
OrderAccipitriformesAccipitriformes
Weight734.1 g – 850 g3.41 kg – 3.94 kg
LengthNot recordedNot recorded
Lifespan23.8 years17 years
Main foodNot recordedNot recorded
Habitatwoodlandforest
Conservation statusLeast ConcernNear Threatened
Countries recorded1Not recorded

A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.

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