List of soaring birds

List of soaring birds

This is a list of types of soaring birds, which are birds that can maintain flight without wing flapping, using rising air currents. Many gliding birds are able to 'lock' their extended wings by means of a specialized tendon. [cite book | last = Loon | first = Rael | title = Sasol Birds - the inside Story | publisher = NEW HOLLAND PUBLISHE | location = City | year = 2005 | isbn = 1770071512 | pages = p. 20]

;Birds of Prey

* Buzzards
* Condors
* Eagles
* Falcons
* Harriers
* Hawks"'
* Kites
* Osprey
* Secretary Bird
* Vultures

;Passerine

*Chough

;Cranes

*Sandhill

;Sea birds

* Albatrosses
* Frigatebirds
* Gulls
* Herons
* Pelicans
* Petrels
* Shearwaters
* Storks
* Terns

;Extinct
* Argentavis

References

* [http://www.stanford.edu/group/stanfordbirds/text/essays/Soaring.html "Soaring"] at Stanford Birds hosted by Stanford University and based on "The Birder's Handbook" by Paul R. Ehrlich, David S. Dobkin, and Darryl Wheye
* [http://www.btceb.org/birds.htm "MTB Naturalist - our East Bay Soaring Birds"] by Duncan Parks
* [http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/nature/q0253.shtml "Birds, Thermals & Soaring Flight"] at aerospaceweb.org by Jeff Scott, 4 December 2005


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