When migratory birds encounter reduced oxygen partial pressure at high altitudes, which physiological response primarily aids flight endurance?

💡 Explanation

When oxygen partial pressure drops at high altitudes, increased hemoglobin oxygen affinity allows more efficient oxygen loading in the lungs because lower partial pressures favor binding. Therefore increased oxygen affinity results rather than insulation, torpor, or waste increase which address different physiological stresses.

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