Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The largest species of this order of nocturnal birds is the neotropical great potoo (Nycitbius grandis), which can grow to a weight of 680 g (1.50 lb) and a height of 60 cm (2.0 ft). Heavier Caprimulgiformes have been recorded in juvenile specimens of the Australian tawny frogmouth ( Podargus strigoides ), which can weigh up to 1.4 kg (3.1 lb).
Most species survive upwards of 50 years, the oldest recorded being a Laysan albatross named Wisdom that was ringed in 1956 as a mature adult and hatched another chick in February 2021, making her at least 70 years old. She is the oldest confirmed wild bird and the oldest banded bird in the world. [38] [39]
This list is incomplete, because experts have not estimated all bird numbers. For example, the spectacled flowerpecker was only discovered in 2010, and did not receive its scientific name (Dicaeum dayakorum) until 2019, [4] adding to the other 73 new bird species described by ornithologists from 2000 – 2009.
There are almost 10,000 species of birds on Earth and they come in all different shapes and sizes — from the tiny bee hummingbird to the massive ostrich. At only around one fifth of the size of ...
The snowy albatross and the southern royal albatross are the largest of the albatrosses and are among the largest of flying birds. They have the largest wingspans of any bird, being up to 3.5 m (11 ft) from tip to tip, although the average is a little over 3 m (9.8 ft).
Scientific Name Maximum wingspans [m (ft)] 1: Snowy albatross: Diomedea exulans: 3.7 m (12 ft 2 in) 2: Great white pelican: Pelecanus onocrotalus: 3.6 m (11 ft 10 in) 3: Southern royal albatross: Diomedea epomophora: 3.51 m (11 ft 6 in) 3: Dalmatian pelican: Pelecanus crispus: 3.51 m (11 ft 6 in) 4: Tristan albatross: Diomedea dabbenena: 3.5 m ...
The magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens), frigate petrel [2] or man o' war [3] is a seabird of the frigatebird family Fregatidae.With a length of 89–114 centimetres (2 ft 11 in – 3 ft 9 in) and wingspan of 2.17–2.44 m (7 ft 1 in – 8 ft 0 in), it is the largest species of frigatebird.
More than 99 percent of all species, amounting to over five billion species, [7] that ever lived on Earth are estimated to be extinct. [8] [9] Estimates on the number of Earth's current species range from 10 million to 14 million, [10] of which about 1.2 million have been documented and over 86 percent have not yet been described. [11]