The ratio between wing length and body mass in birds with different flight styles and types of development

Authors

  • O. V. Shatkovska

Abstract

Relationship between flight style (continuous flapping, flapping and soaring, flapping and gliding and passerine-type flight) and development modes of birds (precocial, semi-precocial-semi-altricial, altricial) was explored. The sample consists of 192 species of birds.