--- title: "#Flying Animals & Superpower Traits (18 Species) | AnimalTracks.wiki" description: "Aerodynamic wing surfaces, hollow skeletal structures, and powerful flight muscles generating sustained aerodynamic lift. Explore all 18 species with this trait in the AnimalTracks wildlife encyclopedia." image: "https://animaltracks.wiki/icon-512.png" --- # #Flying Animals & Evolutionary Adaptations > Aerodynamic wing surfaces, hollow skeletal structures, and powerful flight muscles generating sustained aerodynamic lift. - **Trait Category**: Speed & Physicality - **Species Count**: 18 Curated Creatures - **Browse Web**: [View interactive trait gallery](https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/flying/) ## Species With #Flying - [Andean Condor](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/andean-condor/) (*Vultur gryphus*) - **Superpower**: Flapped for only 1% of flight time in a tracking study - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Vulnerable - **Soundtrack**: Stars of the Lid (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes) - [Atlantic Puffin](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/atlantic-puffin/) (*Fratercula arctica*) - **Superpower**: Jagged marks on its upper bill help it carry more fish, and its wings drive it through both air and water. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Vulnerable - **Soundtrack**: The Decemberists (Pastoral Folk & Progressive Bluegrass) - [Bearded Vulture](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/bearded-vulture/) (*Gypaetus barbatus*) - **Superpower**: A stomach whose pH could be below 1, and dropping bones from the sky to break them open for the marrow inside - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Near Threatened - **Soundtrack**: Nightwish (Symphonic Metal & Gothic Power) - [Common Raven](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/common-raven/) (*Corvus corax*) - **Superpower**: Caches food out of rivals' sight, guards the stash when an unseen rival might be watching, and is less willing to pull after a partner cheats - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Heilung (Nordic Dark Folk & Ritual Atmospheric) - [Death's-Head Hawkmoth](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/deaths-head-hawkmoth/) (*Acherontia atropos*) - **Superpower**: Squeaks when alarmed, and can get into sealed honeycombs; its short proboscis ends in a sharp point - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Venetian Snares (Breakcore & Chaotic Drill) - [Emperor Dragonfly](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/emperor-dragonfly/) (*Anax imperator*) - **Superpower**: A larva with a labial mask, a hooked mouthpart that shoots out at prey - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Venetian Snares (Breakcore & Chaotic Drill) - [European Crane Fly](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-crane-fly/) (*Tipula paludosa*) - **Superpower**: Leatherjacket grubs with tough skin that come up to feed on damp, warm nights - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Lana Del Rey (2010s Pop & Electropop) - [Fruit Fly](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/fruit-fly/) (*Drosophila melanogaster*) - **Superpower**: Has counterparts to an estimated 65% of human disease genes - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Daft Punk (Big Beat & 90s Acid Techno) - [Giant Water Bug](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/giant-water-bug/) (*Lethocerus americanus*) - **Superpower**: A young bug reduced a tadpole bigger than itself to shriveled skin in an hour - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Electric Light Orchestra (70s Pop & Glam Disco) - [Green Drake Mayfly](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/green-drake-mayfly/) (*Ephemera danica*) - **Superpower**: Detects water by the horizontal polarization of the light it reflects - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Sigur Rós (Post-Rock & Cinematic Orchestral) - [Housefly](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/housefly/) (*Musca domestica*) - **Superpower**: Tastes food with its feet and coats hard food in saliva and stomach fluid to break it down - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: The Breeders (90s Grunge & Heavy Alt-Rock) - [Human Botfly](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/human-botfly/) (*Dermatobia hominis*) - **Superpower**: Glues its eggs to a blood-feeding carrier, usually a mosquito or a tick, which carries them to a warm-blooded host - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Green Day (Pop-Punk & 2000s Alt-Rock) - [Hummingbird Hawk-Moth](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/hummingbird-hawk-moth/) (*Macroglossum stellatarum*) - **Superpower**: Hovers in front of flowers, and the sensors in its antennae help it control rapid turns - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Covet (Math Rock & Instrumental Virtuoso) - [Luna Moth](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/luna-moth/) (*Actias luna*) - **Superpower**: Spinning hindwing tails that gave tailed moths a survival advantage of about 47% over tailless ones against big brown bats - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Augustus Pablo (Roots Reggae & Heavy Dub) - [Mallard](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/mallard/) (*Anas platyrhynchos*) - **Superpower**: Hens lay larger eggs after mating with a preferred male - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: *NSYNC (2000s Pop & R&B Anthem) - [Rock Dove](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/rock-dove/) (*Columba livia*) - **Superpower**: Homing: trained pigeons can return to their home loft from long distances away - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros (Pastoral Folk & Progressive Bluegrass) - [Tsetse Fly](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/tsetse-fly/) (*Glossina morsitans*) - **Superpower**: Feeds its young on "milk" from glands inside the mother - **Danger**: Deadly | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Mala (Heavy UK Grime & Sub-Bass) - [Turkey Vulture](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/turkey-vulture/) (*Cathartes aura*) - **Superpower**: Finds carrion by smell, even beneath forest canopy - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Modest Mouse (Indie Rock & Jangle Pop) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/flying/#collection", "name": "#Flying Animals", "description": "Aerodynamic wing surfaces, hollow skeletal structures, and powerful flight muscles generating sustained aerodynamic lift. 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