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 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
  • Eye-ring
  • Eyestripe (or eye line)
  • Feather, see category: Category:Feathers
  • Flanks
  • Gorget
  • (or half-hood[1])
  • Lores
  • Malar
  • Mantle
  • Nape
  • [1]
  • Operculum (on pigeons).[2]
  • Pennaceous feathers
  • Remiges
  • Rump
  • Supercilium
  • Supraloral
  • Parts of the tail include:
    • Rectrices
    • Tail corner[1]
    • Terminal band[1]
      • Subterminal band[1]
  • Throat
  • Undertail coverts
  • Upper mandible (or maxilla)
  • Vent, crissum or cloaca
  • Parts of the wings include:
    • Alula
    • Apical spot[3]
    • 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]
    • Speculum
    • Tertials
      • Tertial step (on gulls)[3]
    • Trailing edge of wing[1]
    • [3]
    • Wing bar
    • Wing coverts
    • Wing edging[1]
    • Wing linings[1]
    • Wing tip or point (denoted by the number of the longest primary, counted from the carpal joint)[4]

Bare-parts features[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Garrigues, Richard & Dean, Robert (2007). Birds of Costa Rica. Zona Tropical Publication. ISBN 978-0-8014-4587-3.
  2. ^ Zimmerman, Dale A.; Turner, Donald A.; Pearson, David J. (1999). Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-01022-6.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Dunn, Jon L. & Alderfer, Jonathan (2006). National Geographic Guide to the Birds of North America. National Geographic Society. ISBN 1-4262-0072-2.
  4. ^ de Beer, S. J.; Lockwood, G. M.; Raijmakers, J. H. F. A.; Raijmakers, J. M. H.; Scott, W. A.; Oschadleus, H. D.; Underhill, L. G. (July 2001). SAFRING Bird Ringing Manual (ADU Guide 5), 6 The bird in the hand, 6.1 Glossary (PDF). Cape Town: Avian Demography Unit. p. 44-46. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
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