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Colin James Pennycuick

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#9403

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#12606

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#2423

USA Rank

Zoology

#280

World Rank

#679

Historical Rank

#93

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Colin James Pennycuick's Degrees

PhD Zoology University of Oxford
Bachelors Zoology University of Oxford

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According to Wikipedia, Colin James Pennycuick FRS was a British Scientist who studied flight in birds, encompassing theoretical and practical research. Life He read biology at Merton College, Oxford from 1951 to 1955. During this time he enlisted in the RAF, graduating to Flying Officer in 1956. He would later exploit his pilot skills to follow and study migrating birds. He earned his PhD in the Zoology Department at Cambridge University in 1962, studying the electromechanics of frog muscles, before moving to the animal behaviour laboratory for a postdoctoral position where he studied the homing of pigeons.

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Colin James Pennycuick's Published Works

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Chapter 1 – MECHANICS OF FLIGHT (1975) (750)
Modelling the Flying Bird (2008) (530)
Bird flight performance: a practical calculation manual (1992) (454)
Power requirements for horizontal flight in the pigeon Columba livia (1968) (352)
The Flight of Petrels and Albatrosses (Procellariiformes), Observed in South Georgia and its Vicinity (1982) (310)
Bird flight performance (1989) (217)
On the running of the gnu (Connochaetes taurinus) and other animals (1975) (215)
A wind tunnel study of gliding flight in the pigeon Columba livia (1968) (199)
Momentum and energy in the wake of a pigeon (Columba livia) in slow flight (1984) (195)
Fifteen testable predictions about bird flight (1978) (183)
SOARING BEHAVIOUR AND PERFORMANCE OF SOME EAST AFRICAN BIRDS, OBSERVED FROM A MOTOR‐GLIDER (2008) (177)
Predicting Wingbeat Frequency and Wavelength of Birds (1990) (153)
THE MECHANICS OF BIRD MIGRATION (2008) (137)
Gust soaring as a basis for the flight of petrels and albatrosses (Procellariiformes) (2002) (124)
Thermal Soaring Compared in Three Dissimilar Tropical Bird Species, Fregata Magnificens, Pelecanus Occidentals and Coragyps Atratus (1983) (117)
The Specific Power Output of Aerobic Muscle, Related to the Power Density of Mitochondria (1984) (114)
Wind Tunnel Experiments to Assess the Effect of Back-Mounted Radio Transmitters on Bird Body Drag (1988) (113)
Empirical estimates of body drag of large waterfowl and raptors (1988) (106)
Gliding Flight of the White-Backed Vulture Gyps Africanus (1971) (99)
A method of identifying individual lions Panthera leo with an analysis of the reliability of identification (2009) (97)
Speeds and wingbeat frequencies of migrating birds compared with calculated benchmarks. (2001) (95)
The effect of an external transmitter on the drag coefficient of a bird’s body, and hence on migration range, and energy reserves after migration (2012) (86)
A computer model for simulating the growth of a population, or of two interacting populations. (1968) (78)
The strength of the pigeon's wing bones in relation to their function. (1967) (74)
Field observations of thermals and thermal streets, and the theory of cross-country soaring flight (1998) (72)
Scaling of foraging radius and growth rates in petrels and albatrosses (1984) (72)
ON THE RECONSTRUCTION OF PTEROSAURS AND THEIR MANNER OF FLIGHT, WITH NOTES ON VORTEX WAKES (1988) (70)
Vulture biology and management (1983) (69)
The Physical Basis of Astro-Navigation in Birds: Theoretical Considerations (1960) (68)
Mechanical constraints on the evolution of flight (1986) (63)
Gliding Flight of the Fulmar Petrel (1960) (61)
Gliding Flight of the Dog-Faced Bat Rousettus Aegyptiacus Observed in a Wind Tunnel (1971) (57)
Climbing performance of Harris' hawks ( Parabuteo unicinctus ) with added load: implications for muscle mechanics and for radiotracking (1989) (53)
An investigation of some sources of bias in aerial transect sampling of large mammal populations (1972) (49)
Horizontal flight of a swallow (Hirundo rustica) observed in a wind tunnel, with a new method for directly measuring mechanical power. (2000) (49)
Migrating Whooper Swans Cygnus cygnus: satellite tracks and flight performance calculations (1996) (47)
Soaring migration of the common crane Grus grus observed by radar and from an aircraft (1979) (45)
Control of gliding angle in Rüppell's Griffon Vulture Gyps rüppellii (1971) (44)
The soaring flight of vultures (1973) (43)
Identification using natural markings (1978) (43)
The profile drag of a hawk's wing, measured by wake sampling in a wind tunnel (1992) (38)
Elastic energy storage in primary feather shafts. (1976) (38)
Foraging strategies and energetic costs of foraging flights by breeding wood storks (1995) (35)
Foraging flights of the White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus : radiotracking and doubly-labelled water (1990) (33)
Falcon versus grouse: flight adaptations of a predator and its prey (1994) (32)
Span-ratio analysis used to estimate effective lift: drag ratio in the double-crested cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus from field observations (1989) (31)
The Ornithodolite: An Instrument for Collecting Large Samples of Bird Speed Measurements (1982) (30)
Breeding of the lappet-faced and white-headed vultures ( Torgos tracheliotus Forster and Trigonoceps occipitalis Burchell) on the Serengeti Plains, Tanzania (1976) (30)
Energy budget of the lesser flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor Geoifroy) (1973) (29)
Towards an optimal strategy for bird flight research (1998) (28)
Response to weather and light conditions of migrating Whooper Swans Cygnus cygnus and flying height profiles, observed with the Argos satellite system (2008) (25)
The flamingo and pelican populations of the Rift Valley Lakes in 1968‐69 (1973) (25)
STRUCTURAL LIMITATIONS ON THE POWER OUTPUT OF THE PIGEON'S FLIGHT MUSCLES (1966) (24)
The concept of energy height in animal locomotion: separating mechanics from physiology. (2003) (22)
Stress and strain in the flight muscles as constraints on the evolution of flying animals. (1996) (20)
Wing profile shape in a fruit bat gliding in a wind tunnel, determined by photogrammetry (1973) (19)
Considerations of effects of radio-transmitters on bird flight (1987) (19)
Flight behavior of Andean Condors Vultur gryphys and Turkey Vultures Cathartes aura around the Paracas Peninsula, Peru (2008) (18)
Observations on the fulmar in Spitsbergen (1959) (18)
Sun Navigation in Birds? (1960) (18)
Uncertainty calculations for theoretical flight power curves. (2001) (17)
Units of measurement for fractal extent, applied to the coastal distribution of bald eagle nests in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska (2004) (16)
The Flight of Birds and Other Animals (2015) (16)
The use and misuse of mathematical flight models (1995) (15)
On the Wing: Insects, Pterosaurs, Birds, Bats and the Evolution of Animal Flight (2016) (14)
A trial of a non-statistical computer program for monitoring fuel reserves, response to wind and other details from GPS tracks of migrating geese (2011) (10)
FROG FAST MUSCLE. II. A METHOD OF MEASURING INTERNAL SERIES COMPLIANCE. (1964) (9)
Comparative Physiology: life in water and on land (1987) (9)
The shadowmeter: a simple device for controlling an aircraft's height above the ground (1973) (8)
Aerial systematic sampling applied to censuses of large mammal populations in Kenya (1977) (8)
Methods of using light aircraft in wildlife biology (1969) (7)
Chapter 6 The Membrane Wings of Bats and Pterosaurs (2008) (6)
Chapter 1 Background to the Model (2008) (5)
RESPONSE OF FAST MUSCLE FIBRES TO SERIES OF IMPULSES. (1964) (5)
Chapter 5 The Feathered Wings Of Birds (2008) (4)
Chapter 10 Gliding Flight and Soaring (2008) (4)
Aerial tracking of radio-marked white-tailed tropicbirds over the Caribbean Sea (1989) (4)
FROG FAST MUSCLE. 3. TWITCHES WITH ISOMETRIC AND INERTIAL LOAD. (1964) (4)
FROG FAST MUSCLE. I. MECHANICAL POWER OUTPUT IN ISOTONIC TWITCHES. (1964) (4)
Information Systems for Flying Animals (2008) (3)
Efficiency and economy in animal physiology (1991) (3)
OBSERVATIONS ON A COLONY OF BRÜNNICH'S GUILLEMOT URIA LOMVIA IN SPITSBERGEN (2008) (2)
Handy Matrices of Unit Conversion Factors for Biology and Mechanics (1975) (2)
FROG FAST MUSCLE (2005) (2)
Chapter 7 Muscles as Engines (2008) (2)
Birds Never Get Lost (2015) (2)
Chapter 2 The Flight Environment (2008) (1)
Bird notes from Vest-Spitsbergen in the summer of 1957 (1957) (1)
The use of motor-gliders for studying raptor migration (1975) (1)
Chapter 4 Vortices and Vortex Wakes (2008) (1)
Chapter 16 Evolution of Flight (2008) (1)
Chapter 15 Theory as the Basis For Observation (2008) (1)
A Dictionary of Birds (1985) (1)
Chapter 13 Allometry (2008) (1)
Radio tracking of white-tailed tropicbirds over the Caribbean sea (1988) (1)
Chapter 14 Wind Tunnel Experiments With Birds And Bats (2008) (0)
Chapter 12 Water Birds (2008) (0)
The effect of an external transmitter on the drag coefficient of a bird’s body, and hence on migration range, and energy reserves after migration (2011) (0)
Thursday Afternoon, 21 August VIA. Behavior (1987) (0)
GLIDING FLIGHT OF THE WHITE-BACKED (2005) (0)
Flight Strategies of Migrating Hawks.Paul Kerlinger (1990) (0)
Sun Navigation by Birds (1960) (0)
Back Matter (1988) (0)
Chapter 9 Accelerated Flight and Manoeuvring (2008) (0)
Just airborne (1996) (0)
Chapter 3 Mechanics of Level Flight (2008) (0)
Physics of movement on land, sea and air: Principles of Animal Locomotion by R. McNeill Alexander. Princeton University Press, 2003. £35.00, hbk (376 pages) ISBN 0 691 08678 8 (2003) (0)
Great Britain POWER REQUIREMENTS FOR HORIZONTAL FLIGHT IN THE PIGEON COLUMBA LIVIA (2005) (0)
Chapter 8 Simulating Long‐Distance Migration (2008) (0)

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