List of soaring birds
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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.
See also
- Flying and gliding animals
- Shearwaters which use a similar technique
- at Stanford Birds hosted by Stanford University and based on The Birder's Handbook by Paul R. Ehrlich, David S. Dobkin, and Darryl Wheye
- by Duncan Parks
- at aerospaceweb.org by Jeff Scott, 4 December 2005