Birds
25 records
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01 / Birds 2.2 in Smallest bird Bee hummingbird (male) · Cuba See record ↗ -
02 / Birds 35 ft Longest feathers on a bird Phoenix fowl (Yokohama chicken), owned by Masasha Kubota · Kochi, Japan See record ↗ -
03 / Birds 4′ 3.2″ Largest living penguin Emperor penguin · Antarctica See record ↗ -
04 / Birds 1,850 ft Deepest dive by a bird Emperor penguin · Off eastern Antarctica See record ↗ -
05 / Birds 241.7 mph Fastest bird in a dive Peregrine falcon · Friday Harbor, Washington, USA, after release from a Cessna 172 at approximately 17,000 ft See record ↗ -
06 / Birds 5.71 lb Largest egg laid by a living bird Ostrich (Struthio camelus) · Borlänge, Sweden See record ↗ -
07 / Birds 0 lb Smallest bird egg Vervain hummingbird · Jamaica and nearby islets See record ↗ -
08 / Birds 1,728 words Largest vocabulary of a bird Puck, a budgerigar · Petaluma, California, United States See record ↗ -
09 / Birds 18.5 in Longest bill of any bird Australian pelican · Australia See record ↗ -
10 / Birds 1,896 lb Largest bird ever Vorombe titan (elephant bird) · Madagascar See record ↗ -
11 / Birds 5′ 10.9″ Tallest flying bird Sarus crane See record ↗ -
12 / Birds $2 million Most expensive pigeon sold New Kim · PIPA Pigeon Center, Belgium See record ↗ -
13 / Birds 44.7 mph Fastest running bird Ostrich (Struthio camelus) See record ↗ -
14 / Birds 1.6 billion birds Largest wild bird population House sparrow (Passer domesticus) · Worldwide See record ↗ -
15 / Birds 19′ 8.2″ Largest bird nest Bald eagle pair (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) · Near St Petersburg, Florida, United States See record ↗ -
16 / Birds 8′ 11.9″ Largest living bird Ostrich (Struthio camelus), male · Sub-Saharan Africa See record ↗ -
17 / Birds 200 beats per second Fastest wingbeat of a bird Ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) · Canada See record ↗ -
18 / Birds 40 lb Heaviest flying bird Kori bustard (Ardeotis kori) · South Africa See record ↗ -
19 / Birds 33 lb Largest bird of prey Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) · Andes and western South America See record ↗ -
20 / Birds 78.9 mph Fastest bird in level flight Gray-headed albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma) · Near Bird Island, South Georgia, Antarctica See record ↗ -
21 / Birds 74 years Oldest known wild bird Wisdom, a Laysan albatross · Midway Atoll, Pacific Ocean See record ↗ -
22 / Birds 37,073 ft Highest-flying bird Rüppell's vulture · Over Abidjan, Ivory Coast See record ↗ -
23 / Birds 59,652 miles Longest bird migration tracked in one year Arctic tern · Farne Islands, UK to Antarctic waters and back See record ↗ -
24 / Birds 12′ 1.7″ Largest wingspan of any living bird Wandering albatross · Southern Ocean See record ↗ -
25 / Birds 8,426 miles Longest non-stop bird flight tracked Bar-tailed godwit · Alaska to Tasmania See record ↗
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