A frontal shield, also known as a facial shield or frontal plate, is a feature of the anatomy of several bird species. Located just above the upper mandible...

reddish-brown spot on the frontal shield is not considered a part of the frontal shield despite its proximity to the shield. It is known as the callus...

around 700 g (1 lb 9 oz). It has black plumage and a prominent white frontal shield. Its natural habitats are freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, coastal...

yellow legs and a red frontal shield. The bill is red with a yellow tip. The young are browner and lack the red shield. The frontal shield of the adult has...

slaty-black body, a glossy black head and a white bill with a white frontal shield. The sexes are similar. Similar looking coot species are found throughout...

moorhen, mudhen, or ‘alae ‘ula (“burnt forehead” - for its prominent red frontal shield) in Hawaiian, and sometimes misleadingly as the Hawaiian red coot. It...

the white undertail, yellow legs and a red frontal shield. The young are browner and lack the red shield. It has a wide range of gargling calls and will...

chicken-sized bird, with its large feet, bright plumage and red bill and frontal shield is easily recognisable in its native range. It used to be considered...

full-face view, (b) frontal shield (c) lateral view, (d) dorsal view Colobopsis explodens queen. (a) full-face view, (b) frontal shield (c) lateral view...

the fleshy structure present atop the heads of many Galliform species Frontal shield Gular pouch Dubbing (poultry) - wattle amputation John James Audubon...

crest was held by the bird in life. The bird's head sported a blue frontal shield surrounded by black feathers and a bicoloured beak. The wings were brown...

and gallinules have a frontal shield, which is a fleshy, rearward extension of the upper bill. The most complex frontal shield is found in the horned...

greying in which feathers lose their pigment with age. The bird's bill, frontal shield and legs were red, and it had a claw (or spur) on its wing. Little was...

which is placed on a horse"), and rhynchus, "bill", and refers to the frontal shield which saddles the bill of one species. There are two extant species:...

military use from pre-WW2 onward, a mantlet is the thick, protective steel frontal shield, usually able to elevate and depress, which houses the main gun on an...

the colour of the frontal shield grows duller in females and young males. During the warmer months, in the breeding season, the shield grows brighter again...

testing of the shielding against HEAT rounds was conducted using the Carl Gustav M2; and against regular kinetic ammunition the frontal shield was developed...

greenish yellow bill has a red-base to the upper mandible. A lappet or frontal shield extends up over the forehead and is reddish purple. The legs are greenish...

in plumage. The massive bill is red with a black band and a yellow frontal shield (the "saddle"). The legs and feet are black with pink hocks. On the...

white with a dark central bar underneath. Breeding males have a blue frontal shield, which is green in the female. Immature Allen's gallinules are sandy...

into distinct lobes. These lobes lie against the frontal shield and together with it form a "frontal brim". Additionally, the species is thought to be...

aggressive encounters with other males. Comb (anatomy) Crest (feathers) Frontal shield Neck frill Snood (anatomy) Wattle (anatomy) Eastick et al. 2019. Bauerová...

recognised. The red-knobbed coot is largely black except for the white frontal shield. It is 35–42 cm (14–17 in) long, spans 75–85 cm (30–33 in) across the...

They have mainly black-grey plumage with red legs, bill, extended frontal shield and horn. Young males are buff in colour, darkening as they mature....

very thick, and appears more so because it is surmounted by a white frontal shield. The bill is white in breeding males. The adult female and non-breeding...

or without white spots between them. There is a black band from the frontal shield to the nape and another on each side behind the eye. The lower parts...

otherwise tend to cause the feathers to spread. frontal shield Also facial shield; face shield; frontal plate. A hard or fleshy plate extending from the...

inverted black V-mark on the neck, its apex forwards, reaching to the frontal shield, and a second much smaller one behind, the intervening space being bright...

tip, a deep chesnut frontal shield, and green legs and feet. The other has a white bill, a white to orange-yellow frontal shield, and slaty legs and feet...

which it can be separated by the curvature of the upper margin of the frontal shield (straight in A. phalacronum vs rounded in A. insulanum), the shape of...