How Do Birds steer without a Rudder?

[Grumpy Old Nasho]

What's the aerodynamics behind it?

[facthunter]

They tilt their tails and Have wing slats and they are Ornithopters. No Plane will ever be as good. Nev

[onetrack]

The answer is in the link below. Their whole body is very flexible, and their tailfeathers do multiple jobs. I took a shot at a Ringneck parrot with a .22 many years ago, and the bullet grazed the parrots body, at the base of his tail feathers.

He took off, but couldn't fly properly, wobbling all over the place, and he ended up making a crash landing. It was very obvious he'd lost the ability to control his tail feathers.

 

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