Birds are amoung the most majestic animals on this planet and they have dominated almost all landscapes and ecosystems. Some birds have adapted for life on land and other birds are at home in the water. Most people are aware of the largest birds in the world but there are some other large birds that also deserve some attention. In today's video instead of focusing on the largest birds in the world, i will instead be focusing on birds that are the largest of their kind. I will be going through 4 birds that are the largest members of their families.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:42 Flamingos
2:51 Toucans
5:01 Spoonbills
7:28 Bustards

Bird Sizes:

Greater Flamingo wingspan: 1.65M
Greater Flamingo max weight: 4.5KG

Toco Toucan wingspan: 1.5M
Toco Toucan max weight: 870 grams

Eurasian Spoonbill wingspan: 1.35M
Eurasian Spoonbill max weight: 2.1KG

Great Bustard wingspan: 2.7M
Great Bustard max weight: 21KG

Attributions

Flamingo images:
Bernard DUPONT
https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/
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Ron Knight
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
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Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith
https://www.flickr.com/photos/slobirdr/
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russellstreet
https://www.flickr.com/photos/russell...
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Harald Henkel
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fkhuckel/
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Gérard Cachon
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bennett...
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic
Paul Balfe
https://www.flickr.com/photos/paul_e_...
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Wilfredorrh
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wilfredor/
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Jebulon
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
CC0 1.0 Universal

Flamingo distribution map:
Phoenix B 1of3
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
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Toucan images:
Qwuito
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
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Renato Augusto Martins
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffron...
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Jairmoreirafotografia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spot-bi...
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Oliveira, Talita M. A.; Mesquita, Daniel O.; Tubelis, Dárius P
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toco_to...
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Olaf Oliviero Riemer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toco_to...
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New World barbet images:
Dave Wendelken
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Wor...
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thibaudaronson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
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Andy Morffew
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
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Hector Bottai
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
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Spoonbill images:
Alexis Lours
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
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Ed Dunens
https://www.flickr.com/photos/blachswan/
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Bernard DUPONT
https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/
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57Andrew
https://www.flickr.com/photos/2995480...
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Roseate spoonbill distribution map:
Cephas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseate...
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Great bustard footage:
Naturaleza Cantábrica
https://vimeo.com/naturalezacantabrica
CC BY-NC
Hugh Anderson
https://vimeo.com/user94326017
CC BY-NC

Bustard images:
Charles J. Sharp
https://www.sharpphotography.co.uk/
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Nik Borrow
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nikborr...
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I have edited and adapted some of these clips and images.
Creative commons licences: https://creativecommons.org/share-you...

Thanks for watching i hope you enjoyed :)

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamingo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toucan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toco_to...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasia...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bustard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kori_bu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_b...