🦉 Eurasian eagle-owl vs Golden eagle 🦅
The golden eagle is a bit bigger than the eurasian eagle-owl. The golden eagle weighs about one and a half times as much as the eurasian eagle-owl.
Getting the animals ready…
| Row | 🦉 Eurasian eagle-owl | 🦅 Golden eagle |
|---|---|---|
| Size The golden eagle is a bit bigger than the eurasian eagle-owl. | 23 to 28 in58 to 71 cm1 | 28 to 33 in70 to 84 cm2 |
| Top speed We don't have a checked number for the eurasian eagle-owl yet. | no checked number yet | 80 mph129 km/h2 |
| Weight The golden eagle weighs about one and a half times as much as the eurasian eagle-owl. | 3.5 to 9.3 lb1.6 to 4.2 kg1 | 6.6 to 14 lb3 to 6.1 kg2 |
| Lives The golden eagle usually lives about twice as long as the eurasian eagle-owl. | 10 to 20 years10 to 20 years1 | 32 years32 years2 |
| Eats Both eat meat. | rats, mice, voles and beetles, and sometimes larger animals and other birds | rabbits, hares and other small mammals, and some birds and reptiles |
| Lives in They can live in the same kind of place. | forests, mountains, deserts, riverbeds and farmland across Europe, Asia and North Africa | open country from the seashore to high mountains across Europe, Asia, northern Africa and North America |
Which one? Eurasian eagle-owl or golden eagle
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the eurasian eagle-owl yet, so there is no race.
We only race. Real animals mostly avoid each other. A race is the only fair contest: who reaches the tree first, by top speed. Our face-off books compare real numbers, and nobody gets hurt.
10 things to know about Eurasian eagle-owl vs Golden eagle
- The eurasian eagle-owl: A huge owl with orange eyes and ear tufts.
- The golden eagle: A big brown bird of prey with very wide wings.
- They are the same kind of animal: both are birds.
- The golden eagle is a bit bigger than the eurasian eagle-owl: 2 against 1.
- The golden eagle weighs about one and a half times as much as the eurasian eagle-owl. That is 1 for the eurasian eagle-owl and 2 for the golden eagle.
- The golden eagle usually lives about twice as long as the eurasian eagle-owl. Usual lifespans: 1 for the eurasian eagle-owl and 2 for the golden eagle.
- Both eat meat. The eurasian eagle-owl eats rats, mice, voles and beetles, and sometimes larger animals and other birds; the golden eagle eats rabbits, hares and other small mammals, and some birds and reptiles.
- The eurasian eagle-owl lives in forests, mountains, deserts, riverbeds and farmland across Europe, Asia and North Africa. The golden eagle lives in open country from the seashore to high mountains across Europe, Asia, northern Africa and North America. They can live in the same kind of place.
- The eurasian eagle-owl: doing fine (Least Concern on the IUCN Red List). 3
- The golden eagle: doing fine (Least Concern on the IUCN Red List). 4
Wow facts
🦉 Eurasian eagle-owl
- A Eurasian eagle-owl lives in forests, deserts and mountains.
- Females are bigger than males.
- It eats almost anything it can catch.
🦅 Golden eagle
- A golden eagle can soar over open country with very wide wings.
- It lives from the seashore to high mountains.
- It eats mostly rabbits, hares and other small mammals.
Questions kids ask about Eurasian eagle-owl and Golden eagle
Which is bigger, eurasian eagle-owl or golden eagle?
The golden eagle is a bit bigger than the eurasian eagle-owl: 2 against 1.
Which is heavier, eurasian eagle-owl or golden eagle?
The golden eagle weighs about one and a half times as much as the eurasian eagle-owl. That is 1 for the eurasian eagle-owl and 2 for the golden eagle.
Which lives longer, eurasian eagle-owl or golden eagle?
The golden eagle usually lives about twice as long as the eurasian eagle-owl. Usual lifespans: 1 for the eurasian eagle-owl and 2 for the golden eagle.
What do eurasian eagle-owl and golden eagle eat?
Both eat meat. The eurasian eagle-owl eats rats, mice, voles and beetles, and sometimes larger animals and other birds; the golden eagle eats rabbits, hares and other small mammals, and some birds and reptiles.
Where do eurasian eagle-owl and golden eagle live?
The eurasian eagle-owl lives in forests, mountains, deserts, riverbeds and farmland across Europe, Asia and North Africa. The golden eagle lives in open country from the seashore to high mountains across Europe, Asia, northern Africa and North America. They can live in the same kind of place.
Do eurasian eagle-owls eat golden eagles?
The eurasian eagle-owl eats rats, mice, voles and beetles, and sometimes larger animals and other birds. Golden eagles are not in that list, which comes from its page. And the golden eagle is a bit more than as long as the eurasian eagle-owl.
Do golden eagles eat eurasian eagle-owls?
The golden eagle eats rabbits, hares and other small mammals, and some birds and reptiles. Eurasian eagle-owls are not in that list, which comes from its page.
Who would win, eurasian eagle-owl or golden eagle?
We never show fights, because a fight is not a fair way to compare animals. They can share the same kind of place, and real animals mostly keep out of each other's way. What we can compare is how big, how heavy, how fast, how long they live and what they eat, as above.
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The link carries only the two animals’ names: peabody.kids/animals/compare/eurasian-eagle-owl-vs-golden-eagle
Where these numbers come from
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Animal Diversity Web: Bubo bubo (Eurasian eagle-owl), checked 10 November 2026.
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Animal Diversity Web: Aquila chrysaetos (golden eagle), checked 10 November 2026.
- Wikidata, from the IUCN Red List, checked 10 November 2026.
- Wikidata, from the IUCN Red List, checked 10 November 2026.