Golden eagle vs Martial eagle
The golden eagle is heavier: 4.25 kg against 3.97 kg for the martial eagle, about 7% more.
Photo: Jarkko Järvinen · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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What is the difference between a golden eagle and a martial eagle?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The golden eagle is heavier: 4.25 kg against 3.97 kg for the martial eagle, about 7% more.
- The golden eagle is longer-lived: 32 years against 19.5 years for the martial eagle, about 64% longer.
- They share the family Accipitridae but sit in different genera: Golden eagle in Aquila, Martial eagle in Polemaetus.
- The golden eagle is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List; the martial eagle is Endangered.
Side by side
| Golden eagle | Martial eagle | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Aquila chrysaetos | Polemaetus bellicosus |
| Family | Accipitridae | Accipitridae |
| Order | Accipitriformes | Accipitriformes |
| Weight | 3.57 kg – 5.19 kg | 3.97 kg – 4.95 kg |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | 32 years | 19.5 years |
| Main food | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Habitat | grassland | grassland |
| Conservation status | Least Concern | Endangered |
| 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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