Biology: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
  • Crown patch
  • Ear-coverts
  • Eye-ring
  • Eyestripe (or eye line)
  • 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]
  • Pennaceous feathers
  • Postocular stripe
  • Remiges
  • Rump
  • Spectacles
  • Submoustachial stripe
  • Supercilium
  • Supraloral
  • Parts of the tail include:
    • Rectrices
    • Tail corner[1]
    • Terminal band[1]
      • Subterminal band[1]
  • Throat
  • Undertail coverts
  • Upper mandible (or maxilla)
  • Uppertail coverts
  • Vent, crissum or cloaca
  • 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
      • Tertial step (on gulls)[3]
    • Trailing edge of wing[1]
    • Upper scapulars[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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 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. Cape Town: Avian Demography Unit. p. 44-46. http://safring.adu.org.za/downloads/ring-manual-06.pdf. Retrieved 17 March 2017. 



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