List of birds by flight heights

This is a list of birds by flight height.

Birds by flight height

Bird	Image	Species	Family	Maximum height	Details
Rüppell's vulture		Gyps rueppellii	Accipitridae	11,300 metres (37,100 feet).[1][2]	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. If they spot a meal down below, the climb has an immediate payoff.[3] A bird strike was recorded at this height in 1973.
Common crane		Grus grus	Gruidae	10,000 metres (33,000 feet)	This height was recorded above the Himalayas.[2] This great height allows them to avoid eagles in mountain passes.[2]
Bar-headed goose		Anser indicus	Anatidae	8,800 metres (29,000 feet)[2][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.[2][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).[1]
Andean condor		Vultur gryphus	Cathartidae	6,500 metres (21,300 feet)[6]
Mallard		Anas platyrhynchos	Anatidae	6,400 metres (21,000 feet)	This height was recorded over Nevada.[1][4][5]
Bar-tailed godwit		Limosa lapponica	Scolopacidae	6,000 metres (20,000 feet)[5][7]	It can reach this height while migrating.
White stork		Ciconia ciconia	Ciconiidae	4,800 metres (16,000 feet).[7]	It can reach this height while migrating.

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. The black kite extremely high altitude flight can be confirmed during the second week of September from any of the South Western States in Nigeria.^{[citation needed]}

See also

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

References

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