Wing Loading in North American Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos)

摘要: Abstract.— We present wing-loading measurements for 33 Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) trapped during autumn migration in Montana and Wyoming, we compare wing loading other related variables between age classes (hatch-year adult) sexes. Adult females had significantly greater than hatch-year both adult males. males similar loading. Hatch-year weighed less females, whereas the mass of did not differ. Although our sample estimates is small, it largest currently available this species manuscript first to age- sex-specific comparisons important flight parameter. Our study distinguishes interesting previously unidentified differences sex categories, which may have implications energetics foraging migration, merit further in...