| Dozens of griffon vultures with wingspans of up to 2.80 metres were spotted in the south of the Netherlands on Monday. |
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| The Andean condor, one of the world's largest flying birds, soars on ten-foot wingspans and can weigh up to 33 pounds. |
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| Brown pelicans and frigatebirds with vast wingspans soar on the Leeward thermals, and laughing gulls cackle. |
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| Megabats, commonly known in Australia as flying foxes, weigh in at two pounds and can have wingspans of up to six feet. |
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| Sandhill Cranes are big birds, with long legs and necks, long pointed beaks, and wingspans which can be over six feet. |
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| With wingspans topping out at nearly 8 feet, the aggressively territorial species is one of the world's biggest flying birds. |
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| A fishing centre, Steward Island attracts a population of mollymawks, small albatrosses with wingspans of nearly eight feet. |
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| No one should miss the tiny island that is home to a siege of herons whose impressive wingspans are revealed when the majestic birds take flight. |
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| Some of the atlas moths and a Noctuid moth have wingspans over 300 mm. |
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| Units included fingers, the distance from thumb to forefinger, palms, cubits and wingspans. |
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