🦅 Bald eagle vs Wild turkey 🦃
The wild turkey is about one and a half times as long as the bald eagle. The wild turkey is about one and a half times as fast as the bald eagle. The wild turkey weighs about twice as much as the bald eagle.
| Row | 🦅 Bald eagle | 🦃 Wild turkey |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed The wild turkey is about one and a half times as fast as the bald eagle. | 35 to 40 mph56 to 64 km/h1 | 54 mph87 km/h2 |
| Weight The wild turkey weighs about twice as much as the bald eagle. | 7 to 14 lb3.2 to 6.4 kg3 | 15 to 25 lb6.8 to 11 kg2 |
| Lives The bald eagle usually lives about 5 times as long as the wild turkey. | 20 years20 years4 | 3 to 5 years3 to 5 years2 |
| Eats The bald eagle eats fish; the wild turkey eats plants and animals. | mostly fish, plus ducks and dead animals | acorns, nuts, seeds, berries and insects |
| Lives in They can live in the same kind of place. | near lakes, rivers and coasts across North America | forests and woodland edges across much of North America |
Which one? Bald eagle or wild turkey
🏁 Who would win the race?
The wild turkey gets to the tree first. Over a short dash it is about one and a half times as fast as the bald eagle.
We only race. Real animals mostly avoid each other. A race is the only fair contest: who reaches the tree first, by top speed.
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Where these numbers come from
- National Park Service, Upper Delaware, checked 30 October 2026.
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Kenai Fjords, checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service (North American bald eagle), checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Bluestone, checked 30 October 2026.