Royal Spoonbills Have Low Aspect Ration Wings

Why do birds have such a huge variety of wing shapes? One common aerodynamic method is low ratio wings which provide slow speeds. Spoonbills have low aspect ratio wings for a good reason as the images at Bool Lagoon demonstrate. What other birds are similar? Chris Shaw seashore@internode.on.net Mobile +61 (0) 409 675912 http://blog.topburds.com/top-birds-everyfing/


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