View Birds Flying Without Flapping Wings Background. Birds fly in a variety of ways , ranging from gliding to soaring to flapping flight to hovering. One bird flew more than five hours, covering more than 100 miles (160km), without flapping its wings.

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One way to do this is to take advantage of rising air, e.g. Flight recorders found one bird flew for five hours without flapping, covering. These include fish, squid, spiders and snakes, as well as the more familiar birds, bats and insects.

The wandering albatross, for instance, can travel 10,000 miles (16,090 kilometers) without flapping its wings even once.

There were various theories… we think this. Andean condors, at 10kg or more, are among the world's heaviest flying birds. The andean condor, which can weigh up to 15kg, makes use of air currents to stay airborne for hours at a time. A combination of flapping and gliding, or flapping and coasting with wings folded;