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Woodstock is a fictional character in Charles M. Schulz 's comic strip Peanuts. He is a small yellow bird of unknown species and Snoopy 's best friend. The character first appeared in the March 4, 1966, strip, though he was not given a name until June 22, 1970. [8] He is named after the Woodstock festival of 1969. [9]
Greta oto. (Hewitson, 1854) Distribution of Greta oto. Greta oto is a species of brush-footed butterfly and member of the subfamily Danainae, tribe Ithomiini, and subtribe Godyridina. It is known by the common name glasswing butterfly for its transparent wings, which allow it to camouflage without extensive coloration.
This is a list of the fastest flying birds in the world. A bird's velocity is necessarily variable; a hunting bird will reach much greater speeds while diving to catch prey than when flying horizontally. The bird that can achieve the greatest airspeed is the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), able to exceed 320 km/h (200 mph) in its dives.
The Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) is a South American New World vulture and is the only member of the genus Vultur. It is found in the Andes mountains and adjacent Pacific coasts of western South America. With a maximum wingspan of 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in) and weight of 15 kg (33 lb), the Andean condor is one of the largest flying birds in the ...
Lilac-breasted roller. The lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus) is an African bird of the roller family, Coraciidae. It is widely distributed in Southern and Eastern Africa, and is a vagrant to the southern Arabian Peninsula. [1] It prefers open woodland and savanna, and it is for the most part absent from treeless places.
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.
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.
The heaviest extant flying birds are known to weigh up to a maximum of 21 kg (46 lb) (there are several contenders, among which are the European great bustard and the African kori bustard). An individual mute swan , which may have lost the power of flight due to extreme weight, was found to have weighed 23 kg (51 lb). [ 11 ]