one (but some birds have one more phalanx on the first two fingers—the claw). The bones of three fingers are preserved in the bird wing. The question...

ground up hypothesis), from wing-assisted incline running or from proavis (pouncing) behavior. The fundamentals of bird flight are similar to those of...

The red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae found in most of North America and much of Central America....

downstroke of flapping flight. However, on the upstroke (when the bird often draws its wing in close to its body), the primaries are separated and rotated...

ornith- 'bird' and pteron 'wing') is an aircraft that flies by flapping its wings. Designers sought to imitate the flapping-wing flight of birds, bats,...

Bird ringing (UK) or bird banding (US) is the attachment of a small, individually numbered metal or plastic tag to the leg or wing of a wild bird to enable...

The Bird Wing or later, Bird Wing Imperial was a light sport biplane of the 1920s and 1930s. The first Bird Wing took McCrum and his assistants 63 days...

Bird with a Broken Wing may refer to: "Bird with a Broken Wing", a 2015 song by Owl City from Mobile Orchestra "Bird with a Broken Wing", a 2021 song...

Wing clipping is the process of trimming a bird's primary wing feathers or remiges so that it is not fully flight-capable, until it moults, sheds the cut...

the bird) and the supracoracoideus, as well as a modified forelimb (wing) that serves as an aerofoil. Wing shape and size generally determine a bird's flight...

on the wing. A high lift-to-drag ratio requires a significantly smaller thrust to propel the wings through the air at sufficient lift. Most birds and insects...

Two key differences between flying and flightless birds are the smaller wing bones of flightless birds and the absent (or greatly reduced) keel on their...

which a bird's wing muscles attach, thereby providing adequate leverage for flight. Not all birds have keels; in particular, some flightless birds lack a...

translated as linked-wing birds, shared-wings birds, and likewing birds), also known as manman (Chinese: 蠻蠻), are birds with one eye and one wing each, that must...

Birds on the Wing is a 1971 British comedy television series which originally aired in a single series of six episodes on BBC 2. A businessman becomes...

muppeteer would be used in scenes where Big Bird uses both his wings or holds something in the right wing. Big Bird's body suit weighs ten pounds, and his head...

alula Also, bastard wing; alular digit; alular quills. A small, freely-moving projection on the anterior edge of the wing of modern birds (and a few non-avian...

Wing chord is an anatomical measurement of a bird's wing. The measurement is taken with the wing bent at a 90-degree angle, from the most prominent point...

trailing edges of the Seversky P-35. Bird wing: a curved shape appearing similar to a bird's outstretched wing. Popular during the pioneer years, and...

A winged horse, flying horse, or pterippus is a kind of a mythical creature, mostly depicted as a horse with the wings of a bird. Winged horses appear...

(Podicipedidae) are the major groups of foot-propelled diving birds. Other diving birds are wing-propelled; penguins (Sphenisciformes), dippers (Cinclus),...

Bird migration is a seasonal movement of birds between breeding and wintering grounds that occurs twice a year. It is typically from north to south or...

Wing Haven Gardens and Bird Sanctuary is a garden and habitat for birds and wildlife located in Charlotte, North Carolina. It includes the Elizabeth Lawrence...

Leonardo da Vinci researched the wing design of birds and designed a man-powered aircraft in his Codex on the Flight of Birds (1502), noting for the first...

wing, also known as airplane wing, slipped wing, crooked wing, and drooped wing,[citation needed] is a syndrome that affects primarily aquatic birds,...

Bird measurement or bird biometrics are approaches to quantify the size of birds in scientific studies. The variation in dimensions and weights across...

bird's wing farthest from the body, to prevent flight. Pinioning is often done to waterfowl and poultry. It is not typically done to companion bird species...

long white plumes coming out from the bend of the wing that can be raised or lowered at the bird's will. The unadorned olive-brown female is smaller but...

Look up Bird or bird in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A bird is a feathered, winged, bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying, vertebrate. Bird, BIRD, or the...

demonstrate that avian evolution went through a four-winged stage. Fossil evidence also demonstrates that birds and dinosaurs shared features such as hollow,...