Ranking All 7 Continents By Their Largest Native Bird - From Smallest To Largest
Birds are among the most successful animals in the world and they have conquered almost all ecosystems and habitats on this planet.
These living dinosaurs can be found on all 7 continents around the world, and each species is adapted to a slightly different way of life.
Birds have adapted to exploit different food sources and environments, and they fulfill different roles in ecosystems around the world.
Some are crafty calculated predators, some are open grassland giants, and some have become agile masters of the seas.
In today's video I will be taking a look at all the birds around the world, and I will ranking each continent by their largest native bird.
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Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:03 North America
3:56 Europe
6:26 South America
8:43 Antarctica
11:22 Asia And Oceania
15:23 Africa
1. Africa
Common ostrich
Weight: 156.8KG
Wingspan: 2M
2.Oceania
Southern cassowary
Weight: 85KG
Wingspan: 50CM - 1M
2.Asia
Southern Cassowary
Weight: 85KG
Wingspan: 50CM - 1M
3.Antarctica
Emperor penguin
Weight: 45KG
Wingspan: 90CM
4.South America
Greater Rhea
Weight: 40KG
Wingspan: 1.5M
5.Europe
Mute Swan
Weight: 23KG
Wingspan: 2.4M
6.North America
Trumpeter Swan
Weight: 17.2KG
Wingspan: 3.1M
Attributions
Trumpeter swan images:
Gérard Cachon
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bennett...
CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
CC BY 2.0
Greater rhea images:
Dominic Sherony
https://www.flickr.com/photos/9765210...
CC BY-SA 2.0
Emperor penguin images:
Martha de Jong-Lantink
https://www.flickr.com/photos/marthae...
CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
steve b
https://www.flickr.com/photos/1923203...
CC0 1.0
Ian Duffy
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ianduffy/
CC BY-NC 2.0
Cassowary images:
Mosista Pambudi
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
CC BY-SA 4.0
Nick Hobgood
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
CC BY-SA 3.0
Ostrich distribution map:
Renato Caniatti
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
CC BY-SA 3.0
Harpy eagle range map:
Cocoloi
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
CC BY-SA 3.0
California condor images:
Fish and Wildlife Service
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Public domain
Tundra swan images:
Dominic Sherony
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
CC BY-SA 2.0
Dalmatian pelican images:
Sue Cro
https://www.flickr.com/photos/3101885...
CC BY-NC 2.0
Great bustard footage:
Hugh Anderson
https://vimeo.com/user94326017
CC BY-SA 2.0
Tinamou footage:
Tommy P. Pedersen
/ @tommyp.pedersen9093
Tinamou images:
Nick Athanas
https://www.flickr.com/photos/antpitta/
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Greater rhea footage:
Garima Bhatia
/ @garimabhatia100
Albatross images:
Alexandre Roux
https://www.flickr.com/photos/3014227...
CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Sunbird and spider hunter images:
Rushen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey-br...
CC BY-SA 2.0
Hiyashi Haka
https://www.flickr.com/photos/hiyashi/
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Rejaul karim.rk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby-ch...
CC BY-SA 4.0
Domzjuniorwildlife
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_...
CC BY-SA 4.0
Great hornbill diagram:
L. Shyamal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_h...
CC BY-SA 3.0
Blakiston's fish owl images:
Koji Ishii
https://www.flickr.com/photos/koji1106/
CC BY 2.0
Australian bustard images:
Alexandre Roux
https://www.flickr.com/photos/3014227...
CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Brolga images:
Dorothy Jenkins
https://www.flickr.com/photos/friends...
CC BY-SA 2.0
Somali ostrich images:
Steve Garvie
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rainbir...
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
I have edited and adapted some of these clips and images
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Thanks for watching I hope you enjoyed :)
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