Raptor wing morphing with flight speed

• Published in: Journal of The Royal Society Interface
• Main Authors: Cheney, Jorn A., Stevenson, Jonathan P. J., Durston, Nicholas E., Maeda, Masateru, Song, Jialei, Megson-Smith, David A., Windsor, Shane P., Usherwood, James R., Bomphrey, Richard J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Camber; Accipiter gentilis
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/470640/; https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/470640/1/rsif.2021.0349.pdf

In gliding flight, birds morph their wings and tails to control their flight trajectory and speed. Using high-resolution videogrammetry, we reconstructed accurate and detailed three-dimensional geometries of gliding flights for three raptors (barn owl, Tyto alba; tawny owl, Strix aluco, and goshawk,...