The 10 largest flying birds by wingspan

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00:00Giants of the sky, Earth's largest flying birds soar across continents.

00:06A wandering albatross glides over southern ocean waves on 11-foot wings.

00:11Earth's largest flying birds ride wind, thermals, cliffs, lakes, and ocean storms.

00:17Wandering albatrosses skim the southern ocean for squid and fish, using the widest wingspan

00:22measured on any living bird.

00:24Great white pelicans fly above African, European, and Asian wetlands, stretching wings up to

00:3110.8 feet.

00:32Southern royal albatrosses soar around New Zealand seas, where long wings carry them over waves

00:39with little flapping.

00:41Dalmatian pelicans lift massive bodies from European and Asian lakes, then scoop fish with

00:46huge throat pouches.

00:48Andean condors rise on thermal air above the Andes Mountains, spreading wings close to 10

00:54feet while searching for carrion.

00:56Maribu storks flap over sub-Saharan Africa, where bald heads, heavy bills, and huge wings

01:02carry them toward carcasses.

01:05Lapid-faced vultures circle African savannas, then dominate carcasses with powerful beaks

01:10and broad wings near 10 feet wide.

01:13Himalayan vultures soar above the Tibetan plateau, where giant wings help them cross thin mountain

01:19air.

01:20Eurasian black vultures glide across Europe and Asia, carrying heavy bodies on wide wings

01:25while scanning open land.

01:27Bald eagles patrol American lakes and rivers, dropping eight-foot wings toward fish near open

01:33water.

01:34Albatrosses, pelicans, condors, vultures, storks, and eagles turn wingspan into distance, lift,

01:41and survival.

01:41A wandering albatross leans into gray wind and disappears beyond rolling southern ocean waves.

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