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The term wingspan, more technically extent, is also used for birds, and other winged animals such as pterosaurs, bats, insects, etc. For example, a Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans) caught in 19651965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). Events January-February January 4 United States President Lyndon Johnson proclaims his " Great Society" during his State of the Union address. January 14 Prime Ministers of N had a wingspan of 3.63 m, the official record for a living bird.

To measure the wingspan of a bird, a live or freshly dead specimen is placed flat on its back, the wings are grasped at the wristIn human anatomy, the wrist is the flexible and narrower connection between the forearm and the hand. The wrist-joint Articulatio Radiocarpea is a condyloid articulation. The parts forming it are the lower end of the radius and under surface of the articu joints, and the distance is measured from the tips of the longest primary feather s on each wing.