List of birds by flight heights information

This is a list of birds by flight height. Birds portal Organisms at high altitude List of birds by flight speed Laybourne, Roxie C. (December 1974). "Collision...

fastest confirmed level flight by a bird is 111.5 km/h (69.3 mph) held by the common swift. List of birds by flight heights Sustained ground speed for...

Extinct Birds. London: A & C Black. pp. 137–138. ISBN 978-1-4081-5725-1. Ksepka, Daniel T. (7 July 2014). "Flight performance of the largest volant bird". PNAS...

(flightless birds are the exception). Bird flight is one of the most studied forms of aerial locomotion in animals. See List of soaring birds for birds that...

typical image of migration is of northern land birds, such as swallows (Hirundinidae) and birds of prey, making long flights to the tropics. However, many...

Islands. It is a bird of open farmland and heath, known for the song of the male, which is delivered in hovering flight from heights of 50 to 100 metres...

art project with the goal of painting the birds depicted by John James Audubon in his early 19th century folio The Birds of America on blank walls and...

Lake Monger Female - Scotland Heights Waterfowl Park Male adult at Lake Monger Male - Scotland Heights Waterfowl Park BirdLife International (2016). "Spatula...

IOC World Bird List. v 12.2. Retrieved August 9, 2022. HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International...

to one of the most populous colonies of nesting common murres on the North American continent. Some birds are permanent residents; northern birds migrate...

caldera called the Hawkes Heights can be found on the south end of the island. The island is currently recognized as an important bird area because it holds...

"Bait-fishing by Birds: A Fascinating Example of Tool Use". Bird Observer. 26 (3): 139–143. Henninger, W.F. (1906). "A preliminary list of the birds of Seneca...

purple-blue along the leading edge of the wing. The colours look dull when the bird is perched but become vibrant in flight. Moulting commences anywhere from...

the boroughs of Teterboro, Moonachie, and Hasbrouck Heights in Bergen County, New Jersey. It is owned and managed by the Port Authority of New York and...

themselves as a means of cooling their bodies. A group of vultures in flight is called a 'kettle', while the term 'committee' refers to a group of vultures resting...

identical.[citation needed] In August 2014, a revised version of Flappy Bird, called Flappy Birds Family, was released exclusively for the Amazon Fire TV....

the Heights is a musical with concept, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a book by Quiara Alegría Hudes. The story is set over the course of three...

November 2011). "Energy expenditures for flight, aerodynamic quality, and colonization of forest habitats by birds". Biology Bulletin. 38 (8): 779–788. Bibcode:2011BioBu...

extreme or irrational fear or phobia of heights, especially when one is not particularly high up. It belongs to a category of specific phobias, called space...

High Flight is a 1941 sonnet written by war poet John Gillespie Magee Jr. and inspired by his experiences as a fighter pilot of the Royal Canadian Air...

low heights, making it conspicuous. However, the dark morph can be confused with other local medium sized birds of prey. In South Africa, 20% of the population...

large bird prey, largely red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica), 87% of birds taken were reportedly adults. In total, as in many raptorial birds that are...

Western Palaearctic lists". British Birds. 99: 306–323. Lepage, Denis. "Checklist of Birds of the Gambia". Bird Checklists of the World. Avibase. Retrieved...