Table 2 Occurrence of the different flight types for the five tagged Andean condors (Vultur gryphus) and the Eurasian griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) as a proportion of the total classified flight time, and the percentage of soaring whereby thermal updraughts are the source of lift rather than orographic slope updraughts
From: Can accelerometry be used to distinguish between flight types in soaring birds?
ID (total classified time) | Flapping | Gliding | Thermal soaring | Slope soaring | % Thermal soaring |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Andean condors | |||||
 1 (25.68 h) | 0.09 | 0.43 | 0.27 | 0.20 | 57.45 |
 2 (20.28 h) | 0.05 | 0.48 | 0.32 | 0.14 | 69.57 |
 3 (6.50 h) | 0.02 | 0.48 | 0.42 | 0.08 | 84.00 |
 4 (17.43 h) | 0.15 | 0.40 | 0.24 | 0.22 | 52.17 |
 5 (8.58 h) | 0.16 | 0.45 | 0.30 | 0.09 | 76.92 |
Griffon vulture | |||||
 1 (0.80 h) | 0.04 | 0.38 | 0.45 | 0.13 | 78.59 |