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Another impressive record - highest flying bird ever recorded was a Ruppells Griffin Vulture flying at 37,000 ft - their blood is able to process lower levels of oxygen making it possible for them to cope with high altitude. https://ebird.org/species/ruegri1

This is normal migration distances for this sub-species of Bar-tailed Godwit - it’s a record of tagged birds ie there will be thousands of individuals making the same annual journey from Alaska to New Zealand or Australia and back again in the Spring to breed which are not tagged. Pretty amazing...