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This is a list of birds by flight height.

Birds by flight height

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Bird	Image	Species	Family	Maximum height	Details
Rüppell's vulture		Gyps rueppellii	Accipitridae	11,300 metres (37,000 feet)[1]	Vultures use their excellent eyesight to scan the landscape below from a relatively static aerial position. Instead of flying over a larger distance, they use elevation to expand their field of vision.[2] A bird strike was recorded at this height in 1973.[3]
Common crane		Grus grus	Gruidae	10,000 metres (33,000 feet)	This height was recorded above the Himalayas.[1] This great height allows them to avoid eagles in mountain passes.[1]
Bar-headed goose		Anser indicus	Anatidae	8,800 metres (29,000 feet)[1][4][5]	They also fly over the peaks of the Himalayas on their migratory path.[4]
Whooper swan		Cygnus cygnus	Anatidae	8,200 metres (27,000 feet)	This height was attained by a flock of whooper swans flying over Northern Ireland, and recorded by radar.[1][5]
Alpine chough		Pyrrhocorax graculus	Corvidae	8,000 metres (26,500 feet)	This height was recorded on Mount Everest.[5]
Bearded vulture		Gypaetus barbatus	Accipitridae	7,300 metres (24,000 feet).[3]
Black kite		Milvus migrans	Accipitridae	6,500 (21,300 feet)[6]	The black kite can reach an altitude of around 37,000 feet especially during their migratory flight to and from West Africa in the second week of September and the last week of May annually.[citation needed]
Andean condor		Vultur gryphus	Cathartidae	6,500 metres (21,300 feet)[7]
Mallard		Anas platyrhynchos	Anatidae	6,400 metres (21,000 feet)	This height was recorded over Nevada;[3][4][5] This record occurred when a Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprop airliner operating a Western Airlines flight suffered a bird strike at cruising altitude.[8][3]
Bar-tailed godwit		Limosa lapponica	Scolopacidae	6,000 metres (20,000 feet)[5][9]	It can reach this height while migrating.
White stork		Ciconia ciconia	Ciconiidae	4,800 metres (16,000 feet).[9]	It can reach this height while migrating.

See also

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• Organisms at high altitude
• List of birds by flight speed

References

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1. ^ a b c d e Carwardine, Mark (2008). "Birds Highest Flying Birds". Natural History Museum Animal Records. Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. p. 124. ISBN 978-1402756238.
2. ^ "The Ruppells Griffon Vulture; The Highest Recorded Flying Bird". Boston University. September 26, 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-10-11.
3. ^ a b c d Laybourne, Roxie C. (December 1974). "Collision between a Vulture and an Aircraft at an Altitude of 37,000 Feet". The Wilson Bulletin. 86 (4). Wilson Ornithological Society: 461–462. ISSN 0043-5643. JSTOR 4160546. OCLC 46381512.
4. ^ a b c Lincoln, Frederick C. (1999). Migration of Birds. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. p. 30. ISBN 0160617014.
5. ^ a b c d e Whiteman, Lily (2000). "The High Life". Audubon. 102 (6): 104–108. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
6. ^ Literák, Ivan; Škrábal, Jan; Karyakin, Igor V.; Andreyenkova, Natalya G.; Vazhov, Sergey V. (2 April 2022). "Black Kites on a flyway between Western Siberia and the Indian Subcontinent". Scientific Reports. 12 (1): 5581. Bibcode:2022NatSR..12.5581L. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-09246-1. PMC 8976839. PMID 35368027.
7. ^ Gargiulo, Carolina Natalia (2012). Distribución y situación actual del cóndor andino (Vultur gryphus) en las sierras centrales de Argentina (PDF) (Thesis). Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
8. ^ "Altitude record for Mallard, The Wilson Bulletin".
9. ^ a b Elphick, Jonathan (2007). The Atlas of Bird Migration: Tracing the Great Journeys of the World's Birds. Struik. p. 23. ISBN 978-1770074996.

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