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Recent studies have suggested the presence of moonlight mediated behaviour in avian aerial insectivores, such as swifts. Here, we use the combined analysis of state-of-the-art activity logger data across three swift species, the Common, Pallid and Alpine swifts, to quantify flight height and activity in responses to moonlight driven crepuscular and nocturnal light conditions. Our results show a significant response in flight heights to moonlight illuminance for Common and Pallid swifts, i.e. when moon illuminance increased flight height also increased, while a moonlight driven response is absent in Alpine swifts. We show a weak relationship between night-time illuminance driven responses and twilight ascending behaviour, suggesting a decoupling of both crepuscular and night-time behaviour. We suggest that swifts optimise their flight behaviour to adapt to favourable night-time light conditions, driven by light responsive and size-dependent vertical insect stratification and weather conditions.

> Hufkens Koen, Meier Christoph M., Evens Ruben, Paredes Josefa Arán, Karaardiç Hakan, Vercauteren Stef, Van Gysel Ann, Fox James W., Pacheco Carlos Miguel, da Silva Luis P., Fernandes Sandra, Henriques Pedro, Elias Gonçalo, Costa Luís T., Poot Martin and Kearsley Lyndon. 2023.Evaluating the effects of moonlight on the vertical flight profiles of three western palaearctic swiftsProc. R. Soc. B. 2902023095720230957. http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.0957
> Please cite as: Hufkens Koen, Meier Christoph M., Evens Ruben, Paredes Josefa Arán, Karaardiç Hakan, Vercauteren Stef, Van Gysel Ann, Fox James W., Pacheco Carlos Miguel, da Silva Luis P., Fernandes Sandra, Henriques Pedro, Elias Gonçalo, Costa Luís T., Poot Martin and Kearsley Lyndon. 2023. Evaluating the effects of moonlight on the vertical flight profiles of three western palaearctic swiftsProc. R. Soc. B. 2902023095720230957. http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.0957
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