Characterizing the hum of hovering animals

Elife. 2021 Apr 19:10:e68072. doi: 10.7554/eLife.68072.

Abstract

The sounds of flying animals, such as the hum of a hummingbird as it hovers, are influenced by the unique forces generated by the flapping of their wings.

Keywords: bats; bioacoustics; birds; calypte anna; evolutionary biology; flapping wing; flying animals; insects.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Birds
  • Flight, Animal*
  • Wings, Animal*