Table 2 Summary of LMM estimating correlates of variation in consecutive speed during flamingos’ post-fledging migration

Intercept

72.05 [62.15, 81.96]

5.05

13.19

1

 < 0.0001

Year (2016)

 − 1.38 [− 19.33, 16.56]

9.15

25.58

1

0.880

Sex

 − 10.73 [− 18.30,  − 3.17]

3.86

18.86

1

0.013

Crosswind

 − 2.56 [− 5.71, 0.60]

1.61

110.02

1

0.121

Tailwind

8.52 [5.53, 11.52]

1.52

65.77

1

 < 0.0001

Cloud cover (high)

 − 1.04 [− 4.05, 1.98]

1.54

48.63

1

0.519

Cloud cover (low)

 − 1.06 [− 5.20, 3.07]

2.12

111.73

1

0.620

Cloud cover (medium)

 − 1.78 [− 5.74, 2.18]

2.02

49.08

1

0.396

Temperature

5.05 [− 2.09, 12.21]

3.64

67.82

1

0.185

Humidity

0.22 [− 4.05, 4.51]

2.18

71.12

1

0.921

Humidity²

 − 4.17 [− 6.35,  − 2.0]

1.11

112.73

1

 < 0.0001

Rain

0.96 [− 2.57, 4.51]

1.81

106.93

1

0.596

Air pressure

 − 0.54 [− 4.30, 3.21]

1.91

112.85

1

0.779

Colony (Margherita di Savoia)

 − 5.96 [− 26.47, 14.55]

10.46

23.72

2

0.574

Colony (Molentargius)

 − 8.15 [− 30.36, 14.05]

11.33

23.72

2

0.476

Cumulative distance

8.2 [4.43, 11.97]

1.92

112.98

1

 < 0.0001

Cumulative distance²

 − 8.79 [− 11.41,  − 6.18]

1.33

113.00

1

 < 0.0001