June 26: Lovebirds can rotate their heads up to 2,700 degrees per second during flight, and these speedy rotations can improve sight and reduce blur as the birds fly.

As per the new study of Dr Daniel Kress and his colleagues from Stanford University discovered the super-fast behavior in lovebirds, that is during flight, these birds can rotate their head at up to 2,700 degrees per second and the speed is faster than any other insects.

The authors discovered this super-fast behavior by shooting the maneuver with two cameras at 2000 frames per second. To find this, they trained five rosy-faced lovebirds and examined their movements using two cameras. The analysis of high-speed recordings discovered that rapidly turning lovebirds execute enormously fast head turns during running movement.

Lovebirds turn their heads when their wings are covering their eyes during flight to minimize the time of hidden sight. During most of the turning movement, the birds’ vision is kept stable and clear.

As per scientist these amazing fast runs are possible by the highly specialized avian neck system, where the muscles deal effectively as fast as the flight muscles. The researchers of analysis expected that, the accuracy and speed of these visually guided flight maneuvers may inspire by the camera rotation design in drones to improve imaging.