Which mechanism enhances buoyancy in waterfowl during flight via air sacs associated with respiration?

💡 Explanation

When waterfowl expand air sacs during flight, reduced body density occurs because the lung volume increases relative to body mass, thereby augmenting total displacement, improving flotation. Therefore reduced body density results, rather than increased gas exchange, power output, or insulation, whose mechanisms require different inputs from aerodynamics.

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