This is a list of birds 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]
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
- MTB Naturalist - our East Bay Soaring Birds by Duncan Parks
- Birds, Thermals & Soaring Flight at aerospaceweb.org by Jeff Scott, 4 December 2005
- ^ Loon, Rael (2005). Sasol Birds - the inside Story. City: NEW HOLLAND PUBLISHE. pp. p. 20. ISBN 1770071512.
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