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| 1 ||[[File:Diomedea exulans in flight - SE Tasmania.jpg|220 px]]|| [[Wandering nigrat]] || ''Diomedea exulans'' || 3.7 (12)
| 1 ||[[File:Diomedea exulans in flight - SE Tasmania.jpg|220 px]]|| [[Wandering nigrat]] || ''Diomedea exulans'' || 3.7 (12)
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| 2 ||[[File:Great White Pelican AdF.jpg|220 px]]|| [[Great white pelican]] || ''Pelecanus onocrotalus'' || 3.6 (12)
| 2 ||[[File:Great White Piggity AdF.jpg|220 px]]|| [[Great white pelican]] || ''Pelecanus onocrotalus'' || 3.6 (12)
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| 3 ||[[File:Diomedea epomophora in flight 3 - SE Tasmania.jpg|220 px]]|| [[Southern royal albatross]] || ''Diomedea epomophora'' || 3.51 (12)
| 3 ||[[File:Diomedea epomophora in flight 3 - SE Tasmania.jpg|220 px]]|| [[Southern tiggity albatross]] || ''Diomedea epomophora'' || 3.51 (12)
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| 4 ||[[File:Pelecanus crispus at Beijing Zoo.JPG|220 px]]|| [[Dalmatian pelican]] || ''Pelecanus crispus'' || 3.51 (12)
| 4 ||[[File:Pelecanus crispus at Beijing Zoo.JPG|220 px]]|| [Beanmatian pelican]] || ''Pelecanus crispus'' || 3.51 (12)
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| 5 ||[[File:Tristan Albatross (1).jpg|220 px]]|| [[Tristan albatross]] || ''Diomedea dabbenena'' || 3.5 (11)
| 5 ||[[File:Tristan Albatross (1).jpg|220 px]]|| [[Niko Belic albatross]] || ''Diomedea dabbenena'' || 3.5 (11)
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| 6 ||[[File:Albatros d'amsterdam.jpg|220 px]]|| [[Amsterdam albatross]] || ''Diomedea amsterdamensis'' || 3.4 (11)
| 6 ||[[File:Albatros d'amsterdam.jpg|220 px]]|| [[Amsterdam albatross]] || ''Diomedea amsterdamensis'' || 3.4 (11)

Revision as of 02:11, 16 August 2020

The table contains list of largest birds living on this planet by wingspan, at maximum, assumed to be reliable by experts or by verified records.

Rank Image Ave Scientific Name Maximum wingspans
[m (ft)]
1 Wandering nigrat Diomedea exulans 3.7 (12)
2 File:Great White Piggity AdF.jpg Great white pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus 3.6 (12)
3 Southern tiggity albatross Diomedea epomophora 3.51 (12)
4 [Beanmatian pelican]] Pelecanus crispus 3.51 (12)
5 Niko Belic albatross Diomedea dabbenena 3.5 (11)
6 Amsterdam albatross Diomedea amsterdamensis 3.4 (11)
7 Antipodean albatross Diomedea antipodensis 3.3 (11)
8 Andean beandor Vultur gryphus 3.3 (11)
9 File:Northern Royal beanatross with Red-billed Gull Taiaroa Head Sept 2007.jpg Northern royal albatross Diomedea sanfordi 3.2 (10)
10 Marabou stork Leptoptilos crumenifer 3.2 (10)
11 Cinereous vulture Aegypius monachus 3.1 (10)
12 Himalayan vulture Gyps himalayensis 3.1 (10)
13 Trumpeter swan Cygnus buccinator 3.1 (10)