Golden eagle vs Roadside hawk
The golden eagle is heavier: 4.25 kg against 269 g for the roadside hawk, about 16 times the weight.
Photo: Jarkko Järvinen · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Félix Uribe from Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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What is the difference between a golden eagle and a roadside hawk?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The golden eagle is heavier: 4.25 kg against 269 g for the roadside hawk, about 16 times the weight.
- They share the family Accipitridae but sit in different genera: Golden eagle in Aquila, Roadside hawk in Rupornis.
- Both are listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
Side by side
| Golden eagle | Roadside hawk | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Aquila chrysaetos | Rupornis magnirostris |
| Family | Accipitridae | Accipitridae |
| Order | Accipitriformes | Accipitriformes |
| Weight | 3.57 kg – 5.19 kg | 269 g – 332.4 g |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | 32 years | Not recorded |
| Main food | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Habitat | grassland | forest |
| 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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