Influence of floral orientation on feeding behavior in Anna's hummingbirds

Hover‐feeding by hummingbirds from pendent flowers relative to horizontal flowers increases the metabolic cost of flight, but in nature a large proportion of hummingbird‐pollinated flowers are nonetheless oriented near‐vertically downward. We used binary‐choice tests to assess behavioral preference...

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Main Authors: Julia Choi, Sierra Ru‐Yi Glassman, Robert Dudley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2025-05-01
Series:Journal of Avian Biology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/jav.03449
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