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1. Birdsandtheirwingspan
Name: ShrutiRanjan
Class: X – C
Subject: English

2. Wandering
Albatross
The wandering albatross is the largest of all
the greater albatrosses and has a wingspan
of more than 3 meters with the largest
ones around 3.7 meters.
That’s more than 12ft in length and makes
the wandering albatross the bird with the
longest wingspan in the world.
This huge wingspan of the wandering
albatross makes it an amazing flight sea
bird.

3. Great White
Pelican
The great Wandering pelican is
next in our list and we are quite
familiar with the bird through
movies and funny Youtube
videos of them trying to attack
people. The great white pelican
is known to have a wingspan of
3.5 meters.

4. Andean Condor Widely considered by many to be the
largest of all birds, the Andean condor
has a wingspan of 3.3m. While it may
have smaller wingspan than the
albatross or the pelican, the condor
still is considered the biggest due to its
weight with the males in the species
reaching upto 15 kilograms. This
makes the Andean condor the largest
flight bird in land.

5. Marabou Stork
The Marabou stork is the largest
member of the stork family with an
average wingspan of 3.2 meters. The
Marabou stork is found in the lands
south of the Saharan desert and is also
known as the undertaker bird because
of the way it looks when viewed from
behind. The Marabou Stork is also a
scavenger and that explains the reason
behind the bald head as it is easier to
clean and feeding of a big carcass.

6. Trumpeter Swan The beautiful and elegant Trumpeter
Swan completes the list with an
average wingspan of 3.1 meters. The
trumpeter swan is a native of America
and exists throughout the Northern
parts of the continent. The trumpeter
swan is quite beautiful but heavy and
hence needs a large wingspan to lift
its weight and fly.

7. Buzzards The common buzzard is a
medium-sized bird with a
wingspan of up to 1.36 m (4.5
feet). Buzzards usually catch
small mammals like mice and
squirrels but will also feed on
carrion (dead animals that
they find).

8. Hawks
Hawks are slightly smaller birds that
tend to live in forested areas and dive
out of trees quickly to snatch their
prey. The goshawk shown here can
have a wingspan of up to 1.27 m (4.2
feet), just a bit smaller than the
buzzard. Hawks are known for their
incredibly sharp eyesight and can see
about 5 times more clearly than
humans!

9. Falcons
Falcons can have wingspans of up to
1.27m (4.2 feet), but most species
are smaller than this and have
wingspans up to 1.16 m (3.7 feet).
Falcons’ wings are very thin and this
allows them to fly and turn quickly.
The fastest falcons, the peregrine
falcons, can fly up to 320 km/h (200
mph), making them the fastest
animals on earth!

10. Eagles Eagles are the largest raptors and
have powerful wings spanning
up to 2.3 m (7.5 feet). They are
strong predators who like to
catch fish, however they have
been known to swoop down and
carry off larger animals – even
baby deer!

11. Himalayan
vulture
It is one of the largest vultures of Asia,
able to reach a wingspan of about 3
m and weighing more than 10 kg.
Feeding exclusively on carcasses of
dead animals, especially of domestic
yaks, the Himalayan Griffon Vulture is
in competition not only with birds but
also with wolves, Snow Leopards and
other carnivores.

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