{"id":42926,"date":"2024-10-15T20:53:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T18:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/859ce6b2-d809-4c6e-b8f4-180ea57a81a3"},"modified":"2024-10-15T21:27:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T19:27:39","slug":"what-is-the-worlds-heaviest-flying-bird-meet-the-heavyweights-that-somehow-get-airborne","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/rss_feed\/what-is-the-worlds-heaviest-flying-bird-meet-the-heavyweights-that-somehow-get-airborne\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the world&#8217;s heaviest flying bird? Meet the heavyweights that somehow get airborne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\">Did you know the heaviest flying bird weighs between 11\u201319kg? <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By <\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 15 October 2024 at 18:53 PM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p class=\"p1\">Going on typical weights, the heaviest flying bird is the kori bustard, which can weigh from 11\u201319kg, followed by the great bustard (6\u201318kg), the mute swan (6\u201315kg) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/birds\/andean-condor-facts\">Andean condor (<\/a>up to 15kg) &#8211; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/birds\/largest-birds-of-prey\">biggest bird of prey<\/a>.<\/p><p>The kori bustard lives in eastern and southern Africa, and can live for over 30 years. Because of its tremendous weight, a kori bustard uses a lot of energy to fly, so it will only take off when necessary. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-1131826172.mp4\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Getty video<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>The theoretical limits of maximum body weight for horizontal powered flight are in the region of 10\u201315kg. This means the largest male bustards are, technically speaking, exceeding the boundaries of what should be possible! <\/p><div class=\"wp-block-group highlight-box is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/birds\/what-bird-laid-the-biggest-egg\/\">What bird laid the biggest egg?<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/birds\/smallest-birds-in-the-world\/\">10 smallest birds in the world<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/birds\/strongest-bird\/\">What is the strongest bird in the world?<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/birds\/most-intelligent-bird\/\">What is the most intelligent bird?<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><p>Main image: kori bustard \u00a9 Getty Images<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know the heaviest flying bird weighs between 11\u201319kg? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":42927,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/10\/what-is-the-worlds-heaviest-flying-bird-meet-the-heavyweights-that-somehow-get-airborne-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/10\/what-is-the-worlds-heaviest-flying-bird-meet-the-heavyweights-that-somehow-get-airborne-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/10\/what-is-the-worlds-heaviest-flying-bird-meet-the-heavyweights-that-somehow-get-airborne-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/10\/what-is-the-worlds-heaviest-flying-bird-meet-the-heavyweights-that-somehow-get-airborne-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/10\/what-is-the-worlds-heaviest-flying-bird-meet-the-heavyweights-that-somehow-get-airborne-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/10\/what-is-the-worlds-heaviest-flying-bird-meet-the-heavyweights-that-somehow-get-airborne-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/10\/what-is-the-worlds-heaviest-flying-bird-meet-the-heavyweights-that-somehow-get-airborne-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Did you know the heaviest flying bird weighs between 11\u201319kg?","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/42926"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}