Tail myology and flight behaviour: Differences between caracaras, falcons and forest falcons (Aves, Falconiformes)

Caracaras, falcons and forest falcons, which are representative of the three subfamilies of the family Falconidae, have different flight behaviour. Since, during flight, the tail works in coordination with the wings, the tail muscles could be indicative of the type of flight behaviour. The aim of th...

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Autores principales: Mosto, María Clelia, Picasso, Mariana Beatriz Julieta, Montes, Martín Miguel, Krone, Oliver
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2019
Materias:
Zoología
Ciencias Naturales
diurnal raptors
locomotion
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/127236
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/azo.12294
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topic Zoología
Ciencias Naturales
diurnal raptors
locomotion
spellingShingle Zoología
Ciencias Naturales
diurnal raptors
locomotion
Mosto, María Clelia
Picasso, Mariana Beatriz Julieta
Montes, Martín Miguel
Krone, Oliver
Tail myology and flight behaviour: Differences between caracaras, falcons and forest falcons (Aves, Falconiformes)
topic_facet Zoología
Ciencias Naturales
diurnal raptors
locomotion
description Caracaras, falcons and forest falcons, which are representative of the three subfamilies of the family Falconidae, have different flight behaviour. Since, during flight, the tail works in coordination with the wings, the tail muscles could be indicative of the type of flight behaviour. The aim of this work was to describe in detail the little‐ known tail muscles of the Falconidae and to explore their possible association with this different behaviour, by using the muscle mass as an indicator. To this end, the tail muscles of 18 specimens representing the three subfamilies of Falconidae were dissected, weighed and their percentage to the body mass calculated. The possible differences in tail muscle mass between Falconinae and Polyborinae were explored with a Bayesian statistical approach. In all species, the muscles depressor caudae and levator caudae had the highest mass values (0.028%–0.329% and 0.120%– 0.274%, respectively), in accordance with the key movements performed during flight, that is, the tail depression and elevation. The total muscle masses of Falconinae and those of Polyborinae were significantly different (p < 0.05). This difference can be related with the different flight behaviour of falcons and caracaras, that is, fast and erratic flight, respectively.
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author Mosto, María Clelia
Picasso, Mariana Beatriz Julieta
Montes, Martín Miguel
Krone, Oliver
author_facet Mosto, María Clelia
Picasso, Mariana Beatriz Julieta
Montes, Martín Miguel
Krone, Oliver
author_sort Mosto, María Clelia
title Tail myology and flight behaviour: Differences between caracaras, falcons and forest falcons (Aves, Falconiformes)
title_short Tail myology and flight behaviour: Differences between caracaras, falcons and forest falcons (Aves, Falconiformes)
title_full Tail myology and flight behaviour: Differences between caracaras, falcons and forest falcons (Aves, Falconiformes)
title_fullStr Tail myology and flight behaviour: Differences between caracaras, falcons and forest falcons (Aves, Falconiformes)
title_full_unstemmed Tail myology and flight behaviour: Differences between caracaras, falcons and forest falcons (Aves, Falconiformes)
title_sort tail myology and flight behaviour: differences between caracaras, falcons and forest falcons (aves, falconiformes)
publishDate 2019
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/127236
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/azo.12294
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