Hummingbird Flight Speeds
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Ornithology
- Vol. 102 (1), 97-101
- https://doi.org/10.2307/4086825
Abstract
Long-tailed hermits (Phaethornis superciliosus) normally fly faster than the velocity predicted to minimize their cost of transport. The average speed was measured for individuals flying a known 40-cm course was 11.5 m/s. Rapid flower visitation yields rewards that could compensate for the extra costs of fast flight.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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