Which risk drastically increases with wing surface area reduction during avian soaring flight behavior?

💡 Explanation

When wing surface area decreases, wing loading and thus the sink rate increases because weight supported by less surface area induces higher downward velocity component reducing lift. Therefore, an increased descent rate impairs thermaling results rather than banking instability or feather stress which require higher forces.

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