List of terms used in bird topography
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The following is a list of terms used in bird topography:
Plumage features
External anatomy (topography) of a typical bird: 1 Beak, 2 Head, 3 Iris, 4 Pupil, 5 Mantle, 6 Lesser coverts, 7 Scapulars, 8 Coverts, 9 Tertials, 10 Rump, 11 Primaries, 12 Vent, 13 Thigh, 14 Tibio-tarsal articulation, 15 Tarsus, 16 Feet, 17 Tibia, 18 Belly, 19 Flanks, 20 Breast, 21 Throat, 22 Wattle, 23 Eyestripe
Topography of a typical passerine.
- Back
- Belly
- Breast
- Cheek
- Chin
- Crest
- Crown
- Crown patch
- Ear-coverts
- Eye ring
- Eyestripe (or eye line)
- Feather, see category: Category:Feathers
- Flanks
- Forecrown
- Gorget
- Hood (or half-hood[1])
- Lateral throat stripe
- Lores
- Malar
- Mantle
- Mask
- Moustachial stripe
- Nape
- Nuchal collar[1]
- Operculum (on pigeons).[2]
- Postocular stripe
- Remiges
- Rump
- Spectacles
- Submoustachial stripe
- Supercilium
- Supraloral
- Parts of the tail include:
- Throat
- Undertail coverts
- Upper mandible (or maxilla)
- Uppertail coverts
- Vent or cloaca
- Vent band[3]
- Parts of the wings include:
- Alula
- Apical spot[3]
- Axillar
- Bend of wing
- Carpal covert
- Emargination[3]
- Greater coverts
- Leading edge of wing[1]
- Lesser coverts
- Marginal coverts
- Median coverts
- Mirror (on gulls)
- Primaries
- Primary projection
- Primary numbers (e.g. 1, 2, 3, etc.)[3]
- Scapulars
- Scapular crescent (on gulls)[3]
- Secondaries
- Speculum
- Tertials
- Terial step (on gulls)[3]
- Trailing edge of wing[1]
- Upper scapulars[3]
- Wing bar
- Wing coverts
- Wing edging[1]
- Wing linings[1]
- Wing tip
Bare-parts features
- Beak or bill
- Caruncle (bird anatomy)
- Comb, or Coxcomb
- Orbital skin[1]
- Tarsus
- Tibia
- Wattle
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Garrigues, Richard and Dean, Robert (2007). Birds of Costa Rica. Zona Tropical Publication. ISBN 978-0-8014-4587-3.
- ↑ Zimmerman, Dale A.; Turner, Donald A.; Pearson, David J. (1999). Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-01022-6.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Dunn, Jon L. and Alderfer, Jonathan (2006). National Geographic Guide to the Birds of North America. National Geographic Society. ISBN 1-4262-0072-2.
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