Eagle Breaks Record for Highest Recorded Bird Flight in Dubai

A new world record for the highest-recorded bird flight from a man-made structure has been set by the Freedom Conservation, and an eagle named Darshan. Darshan flew from the top of Dubai’s 2,722ft (829.8m) Burj Khalifa strapped with a tiny camera to record the flight. Freedom Conservation is a charity that seeks to protect and reintroduce threatened birds of prey through creative conservation methods.

Darshan is a male imperial eagle, which is a threatened species found from southeastern Europe to western and central Asia. Credit: Facebook/Freedom Conservation