Volancy

Call:    mosaic@volancy

Definition: An indicator of whether a species is volant or non-volant (i.e., able to fly or not).

Possible values, cat., factor

• Volant – the species is volant

(Most Birds (Class Aves), all Bats (Order Chiroptera), and some invertebrate species)

• Non-volant – the species is non-volant
• Semi-volant – the species has gliding abilities

(e.g., Gliding lizards (Draco spp.); flying squirrels such as the Northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus); flying fish (Exocoetidae); gliding frogs such as Wallace’s flying frog (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus); and gliding ants such as Cephalotes atratus).

• NF – volancy reviewed and inconclusive (no affirmative records found upon review)
• NDY – volancy unknown/not yet evaluated
• NA – not applicable

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Last updated: 24 January 2022