what bird can fly the longest amount of time without stoping
2007-10-04 20:39:28 · 13 answers · asked by debbiewattsuk 1 in Pets ➔ Birds
The Arctic Tern...
it's annual migration is about 25,000 miles from the arctic to the antarctic and back again!
2007-10-04 20:49:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out the White Throated Swift. Not only are they the fastest bird in N. America but because they are strict insectivores they can stay in the air for long periods of time (they survive on flying insects). The are not anatomically designed to perch or walk (their legs are permanently bent) they can only cling to the sides of cliffs and walls. The only time they land is when they are nesting. Otherwise they are constantly in the air throughout the rest of the year, not just while migrating. They will also take cat naps while flying due to the fact that they fly at very high altitudes. Swifts are their own family of birds, the only bird that is remotely related to them is the Hummingbird.
2007-10-05 02:21:34 · answer #2 · answered by JenE 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The technique most familiar to people is soaring, where some birds such as raptors use updrafts of warm air to stay in the air, most birds that do this have fairly long/broad wings to take full advantage of this, a bird using a thermal to stay up can remain in the air for as long as the thermal is there. Some birds will move from one thermal to the next during their migration. Then there are seabirds, there are no thermals over water so soaring is not an option, however there is usually a good wind, the birds in this case have long narrow wings (think of an albatros),the birds cut into the wind which creates lift, they then basically make a circle and cut into again, etc so they don't have to flap as long as there is wind.
2016-05-21 06:00:01 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Albatross covers a great distance without landing, but does not "fly" it glides a lot and has the occasional" flap". Arctic terns fly very great distances - I don't know how far at a time. The Homing pigeon is known to fly fast and far.
2007-10-04 21:05:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wandering Albatross
2007-10-04 20:55:34 · answer #5 · answered by Kathy S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 'Arctic Tern' is a great traveller.It travels round the globe at heights.Taking advantage of the jet streams,present in the high altitudes,this bird floats great distances non stop.
2007-10-04 21:15:22 · answer #6 · answered by MrKnow_All 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Albatross can fly long distances over the ocean without stopping.
2007-10-05 05:09:11 · answer #7 · answered by lauraleesbeads 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Albatross,they can fly for months without stopping.
2007-10-04 20:56:28 · answer #8 · answered by Dances With Woofs! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Swifts.
They spend their whole lives 'on the wing'.
That includes eating, sleeping and even mating.
They only stop flying in order to nest and care for the young.
2007-10-08 10:16:26 · answer #9 · answered by orange_skies 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably tjhe Albatross, or maybe the Arctic Skua
2007-10-04 20:48:35 · answer #10 · answered by ALAN B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋