Uria lomvia (Alcidae) - Landung am Brutfelsen

• Main Author: Rüppell, Georg
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: IWF (Göttingen) 1969
• Subjects: Life Sciences; Flug / Charadriiformes; Uria lomvia; Dickschnabellumme; Lumme / Dickschnabellumme; flight / Charadriiformes; Brünnich's guillemot; thick-billed murre; Flug; The Landing; brünnich's guillemot; uria
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.3203/iwf/e-1507; https://av.tib.eu/media/9226

Dickschnabellummen fliegen und manövrieren in der Luft sehr schwerfällig (kleine Flügel, schwerer Körper); Start vom Felsen und von der Wasseroberfläche aus; Landung in der Felswand; Veränderungen der Flügelbewegungen und der Flügelschlagamplitude. : The film shows the landing procedure of the guillemot Uria lomvia. A shooting speed of 64 f/s permits a breakdown of the sequence of movements. Approach path and changes in wing movements during landing are demonstrated, and take-off from water and from the cliff face are also included.