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Images

aeroforces-amada44-2007 image original 2007
The four forces on an aircraft
The four forces on an aircraft
Amada44
/assets/images/aeroforces-amada44-2007.png image/png · Public Domain · Wikimedia Commons · source
Aerodynamic Forces Lift force
albatross-sinha-2025 image original 2025
Graphic of albatross in flght.
Graphic of albatross in flight (AI-generated)
Ravi Sinha
/assets/images/albatross-sinha-2025.png image/png · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · Amazing Birds (original) · source
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albatross-starr-2008 image resized and optimized 2008
Laysan albatross flying over coastal vegetation.
Laysan albatross in flight
Forest & Kim Starr
/assets/images/albatross-starr-2008.jpg image/jpeg · CC BY 3.0 US · Wikimedia Commons · source
Amazing facts about birds Wing Shapes Bird Images Gallery
annashummingbird-shaull-2023 image resized and optimized 2023
Anna's hummingbird hovering near flowers.
Anna's hummingbird
Lorie Shaull
/assets/images/annashummingbird-shaull-2023.jpg image/jpeg · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · source
Wing Shapes Bird Images Gallery
barnowl-dannymoore1973-2015 image unmodified 2015
Front view of a barn owl - Tyto alba - in flight
Front view of a barn owl in flight
Dannymoore1973; minor edits by Subsidiary account
/assets/images/barnowl-dannymoore1973-2015.jpg image/jpeg · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons · source
Amazing facts about birds Bird front view
batowlperchug-askari-2024 image cropped 2024
A bat, an owl, and the PercHug robot each using wings or wing-like structures to hold onto a tree
Bat, owl, and PercHug comparison
Mohammad Askari; Michele Benciolini; Hoang-Vu Phan; William Stewart; Auke J. Ijspeert; Dario Floreano
/assets/images/batowlperchug-askari-2024.png image/png · CC BY 4.0 · Nature (Communications Engineering) · source
Examples of Bird-like robots How do birds and planes fly?
birdrobot-sinha-2026 image original 2026
Bird robots application areas
Bird robots application areas
Ravi Sinha (AI-generated)
/assets/images/birdrobot-sinha-2026.png image/png · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · Amazing Birds (original) · source
Bird-inspired robot applications
cinnamonhummingbird-sharp-2023 image resized and optimized 2023
Cinnamon hummingbird flying near a feeder.
Cinnamon hummingbird
Charles J. Sharp
/assets/images/cinnamonhummingbird-sharp-2023.jpg image/jpeg · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · source
Wing Shapes Bird Images Gallery
eagle-danese-2024 image resized and optimized 2024
Bald eagle near the Hockanum River.
Bald eagle near Hockanum River
Paul Danese
/assets/images/eagle-danese-2024.jpg image/jpeg · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · source
Wing Shapes Bird Images Gallery
eagleflight-berardi-2010 image resized and optimized 2010
Bald eagle flying with wings spread.
Bald eagle in flight
Steve Berardi
/assets/images/eagleflight-berardi-2010.jpg image/jpeg · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · source
Amazing facts about birds Wing Shapes Bird Images Gallery
eagleportrait-berardi-2010 image resized and optimized 2010
Portrait of a bald eagle.
Bald eagle portrait
Steve Berardi
/assets/images/eagleportrait-berardi-2010.jpg image/jpeg · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · source
Wing Shapes Bird Images Gallery
eaglesoaring-berardi-2010 image resized and optimized 2010
Bald eagle soaring in the sky.
Bald eagle soaring
Steve Berardi
/assets/images/eaglesoaring-berardi-2010.jpg image/jpeg · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · source
Wing Shapes Bird Images Gallery
greenmagpie-shrestha-2024 image unmodified 2024
Green magpie flying towards the camera.
Common green magpie in flight
Dasrath Shrestha Beejukchhen
/assets/images/greenmagpie-shrestha-2024.jpg image/jpeg · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · source
Bird front view
harrishawk-quartl-2011 image original 2011
Harris hawk in flight
Harris hawk in flight
Quartl
/assets/images/harrishawk-quartl-2011.png image/png · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · source
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hummingbird-danese-2022 image resized and optimized 2022
Ruby-throated hummingbird perched near red flowers.
Ruby-throated hummingbird
Paul Danese
/assets/images/hummingbird-danese-2022.jpg image/jpeg · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · source
Wing Shapes Bird Images Gallery
hummingbird-mdf-2006 image resized and optimized 2006
Black-chinned hummingbird hovering near a flower.
Black-chinned hummingbird
User:Mdf
/assets/images/hummingbird-mdf-2006.jpg image/jpeg · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · source
Amazing facts about birds Wing Shapes Bird Images Gallery
hummingbird-morffew-2015 image resized and optimized 2015
Male sword-billed hummingbird perched near a feeder.
Sword-billed hummingbird
Andy Morffew
/assets/images/hummingbird-morffew-2015.jpg image/jpeg · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · source
Wing Shapes Bird Images Gallery
liftforce-sinha-2026 image original 2026
Lift generation
Lift generation
Ravi Sinha (AI-generated)
/assets/images/liftforce-sinha-2026.png image/png · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · Amazing Birds · source
Lift force
liseagleflight-jeger-2024 image unmodified 2024
LisEagle
LisEagle
Simon Luis Jeger; Valentin Wuest; Charbel Toumieh; Dario Floreano
/assets/images/liseagleflight-jeger-2024.png image/png · CC BY 4.0 · Nature (npj Robotics) · source
Examples of Bird-like robots How do birds and planes fly?
liseaglehawkcomparison-wuest-2024 image cropped 2024
Comparison of Harris' hawk and the avian-inspired LisEagle drone
LisEagle and Harris' hawk comparison
Valentin Wuest; Simon Jeger; Mir Feroskhan; Enrico Ajanic; Fabio Bergonti; Dario Floreano
/assets/images/liseaglehawkcomparison-wuest-2024.png image/png · CC BY 4.0 · Nature Communications · source
Examples of Bird-like robots How do birds and planes fly?
liseagleoverview-jeger-2024 image unmodified 2024
Figure 1 overview from the LisEagle adaptive morphing paper
Adaptive morphing paper - Figure 1 overview
Simon Luis Jeger; Valentin Wuest; Charbel Toumieh; Dario Floreano
/assets/images/liseagleoverview-jeger-2024.png image/png · CC BY 4.0 · Nature (npj Robotics) · source
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malachitekingfisher-keats-2013 image unmodified 2013
Malachite Kingfisher perched on a branch
Malachite Kingfisher (Alcedo cristata), South Africa
Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa
/assets/images/malachitekingfisher-keats-2013.jpg image/jpeg · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · source
Avian-inspired engineering: Nature as inspiration
perchugoverview-askari-2024 image unmodified 2024
Figure 1 overview from the PercHug crash-perching paper
PercHug paper - Figure 1 overview
Mohammad Askari; Michele Benciolini; Hoang-Vu Phan; William Stewart; Auke J. Ijspeert; Dario Floreano
/assets/images/perchugoverview-askari-2024.png image/png · CC BY 4.0 · Nature (Communications Engineering) · source
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perchugowlcomparison-askari-2024 image cropped 2024
Owl and PercHug comparison
Owl and PercHug comparison
Mohammad Askari; Michele Benciolini; Hoang-Vu Phan; William Stewart; Auke J. Ijspeert; Dario Floreano
/assets/images/perchugowlcomparison-askari-2024.png image/png · CC BY 4.0 · Nature (Communications Engineering) · source
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pigeon-hudson-2009 image Derivative work Tony Wills 2009
Domestic pigeon flight
Domestic pigeon flight
Derivative work Tony Wills, rearragned by Toby Hudson
/assets/images/pigeon-hudson-2009.png image/png · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · source
Aerodynamic Forces Lift force How do birds and planes fly? Wing Beat
pitchyawroll-sinha-2026 image original 2026
Plane control surfaces
Plane control surfaces
Ravi Sinha
/assets/images/pitchyawroll-sinha-2026.png image/png · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · Amazing Birds · source
Aerodynamic Forces Lift force
planeaxes-sinha-2026 image original 2025
Graphic of albatross in flght.
Graphic of albatross in flight (AI-generated)
Ravi Sinha
/assets/images/planeaxes-sinha-2026.png image/png · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · Amazing Birds (original) · source
Not used in any byte
radioplane-hsu-2017 image cropped 2017
Graphic of albatross in flght.
Radio-controlled (RC) plane
Fred Hsu
/assets/images/radioplane-hsu-2017.png image/png · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · source
How planes fly? Aerodynamic Forces Lift force How do birds and planes fly?
rufoushummingbird-morffew-2015 image resized and optimized 2015
Rufous-tailed hummingbird perched on a branch.
Rufous-tailed hummingbird
Andy Morffew
/assets/images/rufoushummingbird-morffew-2015.jpg image/jpeg · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · source
Wing Shapes Bird Images Gallery
sapphire-marcial4-2011 image resized and optimized 2011
Golden-tailed sapphire hummingbird hovering near a flower.
Golden-tailed sapphire hummingbird
Marcial4
/assets/images/sapphire-marcial4-2011.jpg image/jpeg · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · source
Wing Shapes Bird Images Gallery
shinkansen500-gorgul-2005 image unmodified 2005
Shinkansen 500 Series inspired by kingfisher beak
Shinkansen 500 Series inspired by kingfisher beak
Ercument Gorgul
/assets/images/shinkansen500-gorgul-2005.jpg image/jpeg · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons · source
Avian-inspired engineering: Nature as inspiration
silhouettes-shyamal-2007 image resized and optimized 2007
Silhouettes comparing different bird wing shapes in flight.
Flight silhouettes
L. Shyamal
/assets/images/silhouettes-shyamal-2007.png image/png · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons · source
Wing Shapes Wing Shape Design
sparrow-compton-2010 image resized and optimized 2010
Sparrow flying with wings open.
Sparrow in flight
Berkeley T. Compton
/assets/images/sparrow-compton-2010.jpg image/jpeg · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · source
Wing Shapes Bird Images Gallery
sparrow-falch-2023 image resized and optimized 2023
Close-up of a sparrow flying.
Flying sparrow
Odd Rune Falch
/assets/images/sparrow-falch-2023.jpg image/jpeg · Pexels License · Pexels · source
Amazing facts about birds Wing Shapes Bird Images Gallery
sparrow-suyeshakc-2024 image resized and optimized 2024
Sparrow hovering with wings extended.
Sparrow hovering
Suyeshakc
/assets/images/sparrow-suyeshakc-2024.jpg image/jpeg · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · source
Wing Shapes Bird Images Gallery
sparrow-tamrakar-2011 image resized and optimized 2011
Sparrow with wings extended.
Sparrow wings
Ritesh Man Tamrakar
/assets/images/sparrow-tamrakar-2011.jpg image/jpeg · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · source
Wing Shapes Bird Images Gallery
stall-sinha-2026 image original 2026
Stall configuration
Stall
Ravi Sinha (AI-generated)
/assets/images/stall-sinha-2026.png image/png · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · Amazing Birds · source
Lift force
swallowdrinking-sanchezn-2012 image unmodified 2012
Swallow flying drinking
Swallow flying drinking
sanchezn
/assets/images/swallowdrinking-sanchezn-2012.jpg image/jpeg · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · source
Bird front view
tern-lours-2025 image resized and optimized 2025
Common tern flying.
Common tern 2025 12
Alexis Lours
/assets/images/tern-lours-2025.jpg image/jpeg · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · source
Amazing facts about birds Wing Shapes Bird Images Gallery
ternapril-lours-2022 image resized and optimized 2022
Common tern flying over water.
Common tern 2022 04 24
Alexis Lours
/assets/images/ternapril-lours-2022.jpg image/jpeg · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · source
Wing Shapes Bird Images Gallery
ternapril-lours-2024 image resized and optimized 2024
Common tern in flight.
Common tern 2024 04 28
Alexis Lours
/assets/images/ternapril-lours-2024.jpg image/jpeg · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · source
Wing Shapes Bird Images Gallery
ternjuly-lours-2025 image resized and optimized 2025
Common tern flying with wings extended.
Common tern 2025 07 30
Alexis Lours
/assets/images/ternjuly-lours-2025.jpg image/jpeg · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · source
Wing Shapes Bird Images Gallery
versawing-sinha-2026 image original 2026
Graphic of a Versa Wing prototype.
Graphic of a Versa Wing prototype
Ravi Sinha
/assets/images/versawing-sinha-2026.png image/png · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · Amazing Birds (original) · source
Versa Wing
volcanohummingbird-sharp-2019 image resized and optimized 2019
Female volcano hummingbird flying near a flower.
Volcano hummingbird female in flight 3
Charles J. Sharp
/assets/images/volcanohummingbird-sharp-2019.jpg image/jpeg · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · source
Wing Shapes Bird Images Gallery
volcanoone-sharp-2019 image resized and optimized 2019
Female volcano hummingbird hovering near a flower.
Volcano hummingbird female in flight 1
Charles J. Sharp
/assets/images/volcanoone-sharp-2019.jpg image/jpeg · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · source
Wing Shapes Bird Images Gallery

Videos

flapping-chin-2019 video Web optimized. 2019
Preview
Birds repurpose the role of drag and lift to take off and land (Supplementary Movie 1)
Diana D. Chin & David Lentink
/assets/videos/flapping-chin-2019.mp4 video/mp4 · CC BY 4.0 · Nature Communications 10, Article 5354 (2019) · source
Lift force Lift force
futuredrones-sinha-2026 video original 2026
Preview
Future drones
Ravi Sinha
/assets/videos/futuredrones-sinha-2026.mp4 video/mp4 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · Amazing Birds (original) · source
Avian-inspired engineering: Nature as inspiration
liseaglevideo-jeger-2024 video Converted from WebM to fast-start H.264 MP4 for smoother browser playback. 2024
Preview
Adaptive morphing of wing and tail for stable, resilient, and energy-efficient flight of avian-inspired drones (Supplementary Video 10)
Simon Luis Jeger, Valentin Wüest, Charbel Toumieh & Dario Floreano
/assets/videos/liseaglevideo-jeger-2024.mp4 video/mp4 · CC BY 4.0 · npj Robot 2, 8 (2024) · source
Research Case
swallow-zachzr-2022 video original 2022
Preview
A swallow flying in slow motion
Zachzr
/assets/videos/swallow-zachzr-2022.webm video/webm · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · source
How do birds and planes fly?
whitetailedeagles-plomp-2007 video unmodified 2007
Preview
Sitting and flying White-tailed Eagles of different ages
Natuur Digitaal (Marc Plomp); Stichting Natuurbeelden
/assets/videos/whitetailedeagles-plomp-2007.webm video/webm · CC BY-SA 3.0 NL · Wikimedia Commons · source
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References

adkins-2023-airplanes reference video 2023
How Do Airplanes Actually Fly?
Raymond Adkins · TED-Ed
Lift force Lift force Lift force Bird front view
askari-2024-crash-perching reference article 2024
Crash-perching on vertical poles with a hugging-wing robot
Mohammad Askari and others · Communications Engineering
Examples of Bird-like robots How planes fly?
biomimetics-wikipedia reference web
Biomimetics
Wikipedia contributors · Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
Avian-inspired engineering: Nature as inspiration How planes fly?
collins-2020-aerodynamics reference video 2020
Aerodynamics Explained by a World Record Paper Airplane Designer
John Collins · YouTube
Lift force
cornell-2018-bird-wing-types reference web 2018
Bird Wing Types Handout
Cornell Lab of Ornithology · Cornell Lab
Wing Shapes
derek-keats-owl-photo reference media-credit
Young owl hugging a tree
Derek Keats · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Not cited in any byte
glenn-2024-drag reference web page 2024
Falling Object with Air Resistance
Nancy Hall, Glenn Research Center · Glenn Research Center, NASA
Forces on a falling object
krishnan-2022-wingbeat-power reference article 2022
The role of wingbeat frequency and amplitude in flight power
Krishnamoorthy Krishnan and others · Journal of the Royal Society Interface · CC BY 4.0
Wing Beat
lentink-2015-birdflight reference video 2020
The Magic of Bird Flight with David Lentink
David Lentink · YouTube
How do birds and planes fly?
valerie-2024-bird-wings reference web 2024
Types of Bird Wings: Functions, Descriptions, and Pictures!
Valerie · Wild Earth Lab
Wing Shapes
wuest-2024-perching reference article 2024
Agile Perching Maneuvers in Birds and Morphing-Wing Drones
Valentin Wuest and others · Nature Communications
How planes fly?