How do birds sleep? Can they sleep when flying? And how do they sleep in trees without falling out? A lot depends on the species. <\/p>
All animals with a decent-sized brain engage in sleep<\/a> \u2013 a period of rest when the brain enters an altered state of consciousness less immediately sensitive to its surroundings. But how animals sleep can differ. Some animals sleep standing up<\/a>, some, like dolphins, sleep<\/a> with one eye open, but what about birds? How do they manage? A lot depends on the species.<\/p> So how do birds sleep? Can they sleep when flying? And how do they sleep in trees without falling out? <\/p> Birds\u2019 feet are engineered to grip their perches even when relaxed, which prevents them from falling out of trees when roosting. <\/p> Some birds, such as swifts<\/a>, sleep on the wing, which allows them to remain airborne for 200 days. <\/p> Swans can sleep on land or when floating on water and tuck their heads between their wings. <\/p> Frigatebirds – one of the world’s weirdest birds<\/a> – can sleep with one half of their brain at a time and with one eye open, while vigilant nesting chinstrap penguins<\/a> fall asleep thousands of times a day, but only for seconds at a time. <\/p> Finally, rapid eye movement (REM) sleep has been demonstrated unequivocally in birds.<\/p> How do birds sleep? Can they sleep when flying? And how do they sleep in trees without falling out? A lot depends on the species. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":35858,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/01\/how-do-birds-sleep.jpg",2152,1393,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/01\/how-do-birds-sleep-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/01\/how-do-birds-sleep-300x194.jpg",300,194,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/01\/how-do-birds-sleep-768x497.jpg",768,497,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/01\/how-do-birds-sleep-1024x663.jpg",800,518,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/01\/how-do-birds-sleep-1536x994.jpg",1536,994,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/01\/how-do-birds-sleep-2048x1326.jpg",2048,1326,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"How do birds sleep? Can they sleep when flying? And how do they sleep in trees without falling out? A lot depends on the species.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/35857"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}How do birds sleep?<\/h2>
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