🦉 Eurasian eagle-owl vs Peregrine falcon 🦅
The eurasian eagle-owl is about one and a half times as long as the peregrine falcon. The eurasian eagle-owl weighs about 3 times as much as the peregrine falcon.
Getting the animals ready…
| Row | 🦉 Eurasian eagle-owl | 🦅 Peregrine falcon |
|---|---|---|
| Size The eurasian eagle-owl is about one and a half times as long as the peregrine falcon. | 23 to 28 in58 to 71 cm1 | 14 to 23 in36 to 58 cm2 |
| Top speed We don't have a checked number for the eurasian eagle-owl yet. | no checked number yet | 200 mph322 km/h3 |
| Weight The eurasian eagle-owl weighs about 3 times as much as the peregrine falcon. | 3.5 to 9.3 lb1.6 to 4.2 kg1 | 1.1 to 3.1 lb500 g to 1.4 kg2 |
| Lives The peregrine falcon lives a bit longer than the eurasian eagle-owl. | 10 to 20 years10 to 20 years1 | 20 years20 years2 |
| Eats Both eat meat. | rats, mice, voles and beetles, and sometimes larger animals and other birds | other birds, such as pigeons and ducks |
| Lives in They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet. | forests, mountains, deserts, riverbeds and farmland across Europe, Asia and North Africa | every continent except Antarctica, on cliffs, coasts and tall city buildings |
Which one? Eurasian eagle-owl or peregrine falcon
🏁 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 Peregrine falcon
- The eurasian eagle-owl: A huge owl with orange eyes and ear tufts.
- The peregrine falcon: The fastest animal in the world when it dives from the sky.
- They are the same kind of animal: both are birds.
- The eurasian eagle-owl is about one and a half times as long as the peregrine falcon: 1 against 2.
- The eurasian eagle-owl weighs about 3 times as much as the peregrine falcon. That is 1 for the eurasian eagle-owl and 2 for the peregrine falcon.
- The peregrine falcon lives a bit longer than the eurasian eagle-owl. Usual lifespans: 1 for the eurasian eagle-owl and 2 for the peregrine falcon.
- Both eat meat. The eurasian eagle-owl eats rats, mice, voles and beetles, and sometimes larger animals and other birds; the peregrine falcon eats other birds, such as pigeons and ducks.
- The eurasian eagle-owl lives in forests, mountains, deserts, riverbeds and farmland across Europe, Asia and North Africa. The peregrine falcon lives in every continent except Antarctica, on cliffs, coasts and tall city buildings. They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet.
- The eurasian eagle-owl: doing fine (Least Concern on the IUCN Red List). 4
- The peregrine falcon: doing fine (Least Concern on the IUCN Red List). 5
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.
🦅 Peregrine falcon
- Its dive is called a stoop.
- A clear extra eyelid wipes its eyes clean as it dives.
- Peregrines nest on skyscraper ledges, which look like cliffs to them.
Questions kids ask about Eurasian eagle-owl and Peregrine falcon
Which is bigger, eurasian eagle-owl or peregrine falcon?
The eurasian eagle-owl is about one and a half times as long as the peregrine falcon: 1 against 2.
Which is heavier, eurasian eagle-owl or peregrine falcon?
The eurasian eagle-owl weighs about 3 times as much as the peregrine falcon. That is 1 for the eurasian eagle-owl and 2 for the peregrine falcon.
Which lives longer, eurasian eagle-owl or peregrine falcon?
The peregrine falcon lives a bit longer than the eurasian eagle-owl. Usual lifespans: 1 for the eurasian eagle-owl and 2 for the peregrine falcon.
What do eurasian eagle-owl and peregrine falcon eat?
Both eat meat. The eurasian eagle-owl eats rats, mice, voles and beetles, and sometimes larger animals and other birds; the peregrine falcon eats other birds, such as pigeons and ducks.
Where do eurasian eagle-owl and peregrine falcon live?
The eurasian eagle-owl lives in forests, mountains, deserts, riverbeds and farmland across Europe, Asia and North Africa. The peregrine falcon lives in every continent except Antarctica, on cliffs, coasts and tall city buildings. They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet.
Who would win, eurasian eagle-owl or peregrine falcon?
We never show fights, because a fight is not a fair way to compare animals. They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet. 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-peregrine-falcon
Where these numbers come from
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Animal Diversity Web: Bubo bubo (Eurasian eagle-owl), checked 10 November 2026.
- USDA Forest Service, Fire Effects Information System, checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Denali and Yukon-Charley Rivers, checked 30 October 2026.
- Wikidata, from the IUCN Red List, checked 10 November 2026.
- Wikidata, from the IUCN Red List, checked 30 October 2026.