📸 PhotoWild Golden eagle ( Aquila chrysaetos ) in flight at Pfyn-Finges (Switzerland).
Photo: Giles Laurent · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos (Golden Eagle · イヌワシ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 📏 Length 66cm — ~2.2× the long side of an A4 sheet (29.7 cm)
- 🪽 Wingspan 1.8m — Wingspan is ~1× the height of a 1.75 m human
- ⚖️ Mass 3.6kg — Equivalent to ~1.8 two-liter water bottles (2 kg each)
- ⚡ Speed 129km/h — ~1.3× highway speed limit (100 km/h)
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
With a wingspan reaching up to 2.3 m and golden feathers gleaming on its nape, it is the most powerful eagle raptor of the Northern Hemisphere.
🌐 Wikipedia Summary ExtractThe golden eagle is a bird of prey living in the Northern Hemisphere. It is the most widely distributed species of eagle. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. They are one of the best-known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere. These birds are dark brown, with lighter golden-brown plumage on their napes. Immature eagles of this species typically have white on the tail and often have white markings on the wings. Golden eagles use their agility and speed combined with powerful feet and large, sharp talons to hunt a variety of prey, mainly hares, rabbits, marmots, and other ground squirrels.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
With eyesight 8 times sharper than a human's, a diving speed of 240 km/h, and a talon grip force of about 3,000 N, it hunts even foxes and young gorals.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It is famous as the traditional eagle-hunting partner of Kazakh nomads in Central Asia.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
It is designated as Natural Monument (Korea) No. 243-2 and Class I endangered wildlife (Korea).
📚 Sources & References
- • Wikipedia “Golden eagle”
- • Wikidata Q41181
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • nie.re.kr — view.do
- • animaldiversity.org — Aquila chrysaetos
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Andy Wilson · CC0 1.0
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.