Elf owl vs Eurasian eagle-owl
The Eurasian eagle-owl is heavier: 2.67 kg against 41 g for the elf owl, about 65 times the weight.
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Photo: Marton Berntsen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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What is the difference between a elf owl and a Eurasian eagle-owl?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The Eurasian eagle-owl is heavier: 2.67 kg against 41 g for the elf owl, about 65 times the weight.
- The Eurasian eagle-owl is longer-lived: 47.7 years against 4.91 years for the elf owl, about 9.7 times the lifespan.
- They share the family Strigidae but sit in different genera: Elf owl in Micrathene, Eurasian eagle-owl in Bubo.
- Both are listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
Side by side
| Elf owl | Eurasian eagle-owl | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Micrathene whitneyi | Bubo bubo |
| Family | Strigidae | Strigidae |
| Order | Strigiformes | Strigiformes |
| Weight | 41 g – 46 g | 2.35 kg – 2.99 kg |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | 4.91 years | 47.7 years |
| Main food | Not recorded | vertebrates |
| Habitat | shrubland | rocky |
| Conservation status | Least Concern | Least Concern |
| Countries recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.
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