🦅 Harpy eagle vs Philippine eagle 🦅
The harpy eagle and the philippine eagle are about the same size. They are about the same.
Getting the animals ready…
| Row | 🦅 Harpy eagle | 🦅 Philippine eagle |
|---|---|---|
| Size They are about the same size. | 35 in to 3.3 ft89 cm to 1 m1 | 35 in to 3.3 ft90 cm to 1 m2 |
| Top speed Neither has a checked number yet. | no checked number yet | no checked number yet |
| Weight They are about the same. | 11 to 20 lb5 to 9 kg1 | 14 lb6.5 kg2 |
| Lives The philippine eagle usually lives about one and a half times as long as the harpy eagle. | 25 to 35 years25 to 35 years1 | 30 to 60 years30 to 60 years2 |
| Eats Both eat meat. | sloths and monkeys, and sometimes lizards and birds | medium-sized mammals such as flying lemurs, civets and monkeys, and some birds and snakes |
| Lives in They can live in the same kind of place. | the treetops of tropical lowland rainforest from southern Mexico to northern Argentina | old rainforest on a few islands of the Philippines |
Which one? Harpy eagle or philippine eagle
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the harpy eagle or the philippine eagle 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.
10 things to know about Harpy eagle vs Philippine eagle
- The harpy eagle: A huge gray rainforest eagle with a crest on its head.
- The philippine eagle: A huge rainforest eagle with a shaggy crest, found only in one country.
- They are the same kind of animal: both are birds.
- The harpy eagle and the philippine eagle are about the same size: 1 against 2.
- They are about the same. That is 1 for the harpy eagle and 2 for the philippine eagle.
- The philippine eagle usually lives about one and a half times as long as the harpy eagle. Usual lifespans: 1 for the harpy eagle and 2 for the philippine eagle.
- Both eat meat. The harpy eagle eats sloths and monkeys, and sometimes lizards and birds; the philippine eagle eats medium-sized mammals such as flying lemurs, civets and monkeys, and some birds and snakes.
- The harpy eagle lives in the treetops of tropical lowland rainforest from southern Mexico to northern Argentina. The philippine eagle lives in old rainforest on a few islands of the Philippines. They can live in the same kind of place.
- The harpy eagle: needs help (Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List). 3
- The philippine eagle: in great danger (Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List). 4
Wow facts
🦅 Harpy eagle
- A harpy eagle lives high in the rainforest treetops.
- Its main foods are sloths and monkeys.
- It has a crest of feathers on its head.
🦅 Philippine eagle
- The Philippine eagle lives only in the Philippines.
- It lives in old rainforest on a few islands.
- Its forest home is shrinking.
Questions kids ask about Harpy eagle and Philippine eagle
Which is bigger, harpy eagle or philippine eagle?
The harpy eagle and the philippine eagle are about the same size: 1 against 2.
Which is heavier, harpy eagle or philippine eagle?
They are about the same. That is 1 for the harpy eagle and 2 for the philippine eagle.
Which lives longer, harpy eagle or philippine eagle?
The philippine eagle usually lives about one and a half times as long as the harpy eagle. Usual lifespans: 1 for the harpy eagle and 2 for the philippine eagle.
What do harpy eagle and philippine eagle eat?
Both eat meat. The harpy eagle eats sloths and monkeys, and sometimes lizards and birds; the philippine eagle eats medium-sized mammals such as flying lemurs, civets and monkeys, and some birds and snakes.
Where do harpy eagle and philippine eagle live?
The harpy eagle lives in the treetops of tropical lowland rainforest from southern Mexico to northern Argentina. The philippine eagle lives in old rainforest on a few islands of the Philippines. They can live in the same kind of place.
Do harpy eagles eat philippine eagles?
The harpy eagle eats sloths and monkeys, and sometimes lizards and birds. Philippine eagles are not in that list, which comes from its page.
Do philippine eagles eat harpy eagles?
The philippine eagle eats medium-sized mammals such as flying lemurs, civets and monkeys, and some birds and snakes. Harpy eagles are not in that list, which comes from its page.
Who would win, harpy eagle or philippine 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/harpy-eagle-vs-philippine-eagle
Where these numbers come from
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Animal Diversity Web: Harpia harpyja (harpy eagle), checked 10 November 2026.
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Animal Diversity Web: Pithecophaga jefferyi (Philippine 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.