What is the maximum height birds can fly at?

Answer 1

there all different the hillbird can fly up to 1000metres and others can only fly at 50 metres

Answer 2

Vultures have the biggest wing surface to body size ratio of all birds. The can soar more than 3 km above ground on hot air currents. Question is: Why would they (or any bird) WANT to go higher? They should still be able to detect food on the ground - a stronger behavioral cue than ability to fly high.

Answer 3

There was a case of a mallard duck striking an aeroplane at 2100 feet which is widely regarded as the highest bird flight recorded even though i believe the duck isn't around to prove it and also well done to the pilot for identifying a mallard duck at 600 mph as it whizzes by the cockpit in tatters

Answer 4

As an ex pilot I can say it is recorded that a RAF 'Vulcan' bomber hit a flock of birds at 32,000 ft over the Arctic, and that they did damage the the port outer engine so much so that it was scrapped when we landed. All we could see was masses of ukkkk nothing was identifiable except for some shreds of feathers and some blood

Answer 5

No one knows for certain, highest recorder one - unfortunately for the bird was when in 1986 an African vulture known as a Ruppells Griffon was struck by an airliner at 37000 ft. Thats ridiculously high!!!!

Answer 6

Birds have been seen flying over Everest.

Answer 7

Eagles soar high as do other birds of prey, like buzzards, hawks and kestrels, It's how they hunt their prey, swooping from a great height at great speed,

Answer 8

Was'nt there a bird that flew into the sun?? Now thats high!!

Answer 9

I took a bird all the way up to heaven once!!!!!

Answer 10

demicelle cranes commonly migrate over the Himalayas at 30,000 feet,5 miles