This is a list of soaring birds, which are birds that can maintain flight without wing flapping, using rising air currents. Many gliding birds are able to "lock" their extended wings by means of a specialized tendon.[1]
Bird of prey
Buzzards
Condors
Eagles
Falcons
Harriers
Hawks
Kites
Osprey
Secretary bird
Vultures
The red kite soaring.
Passerine
Choughs
Raven
Woodswallows
Cranes
Sandhill
Herons
Storks
Sea birds
Albatrosses
Frigatebirds
Gulls
Pelicans
Petrels
Shearwaters
Terns
Extinct
Argentavis
See also
Flying and gliding animals
Shearwaters which use a similar technique
References
Soaring at Stanford Birds hosted by Stanford University and based on The Birder's Handbook by Paul R. Ehrlich, David S. Dobkin, and Darryl Wheye
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