Flight feathers (Pennae volatus) are the long, stiff, asymmetrically shaped, but symmetrically paired pennaceous feathers on the wings or tail of a bird;...
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groups. Although feathers cover most of the bird's body, they arise only from certain well-defined tracts on the skin. They aid in flight, thermal insulation...
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Quill (redirect from Feather pen)
A quill is a writing tool made from a moulted flight feather (preferably a primary wing-feather) of a large bird. Quills were used for writing with ink...
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different types of feathers: contour, flight, down, filoplumes, semiplumes, and bristle feathers. Feathers were not originally meant for flight. The exact reason...
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Archaeopteryx (category Feathered dinosaurs)
impressions of feathers. Because these feathers are of an advanced form (flight feathers), these fossils are evidence that the evolution of feathers began before...
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non-avian dinosaur species also possessed feathers in some shape or form. The extent to which feathers or feather-like structures were present in dinosaurs...
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pennaceous feather is a type of feather present in most modern birds and in some other species of maniraptoriform dinosaurs. A pennaceous feather has a stalk...
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the secondary flight feathers, known as the secondary coverts, and those on the outer wing, which overlay the primary flight feathers, the primary coverts...
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Shuttlecock (section Feather or synthetic shuttlecocks)
durable, typically lasting many matches without any impairment to their flight. Feather shuttles are easily damaged and should be replaced every three or four...
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trimming a bird's primary wing feathers or remiges so that it is not fully flight-capable, until it moults, sheds the cut feathers and grows new ones. This...
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Glossary of bird terms (redirect from Axillary feathers)
adaptations that developed to aid flight. There are, for example, numerous terms describing the complex structural makeup of feathers (e.g., barbules, rachides...
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and down feathers are generally identified as the main target, although in some cases, tail and flight feathers are affected. Although feather-plucking...
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side to the rear of the feather. This feather anatomy, during flight and flapping of the wings, causes a rotation of the feather in its follicle. The rotation...
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James's flamingo (section Feathers)
these are the flight feathers mentioned above. There are typically 12 to 16 tail feathers. James's flamingos molt their wing- and body feathers according...
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calligraphy. A quill is a pen made from a flight feather of a large bird, most often a goose. To make a quill, a feather must be cured through aging or heat-treatment...
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Alula (redirect from Alula feather)
five small flight feathers, with the exact number depending on the species. There also are minor covert feathers overlying the flight feathers. Like the...
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shed some old feathers, then pin feathers grow in to replace the old feathers. As the pin feathers become full feathers, other feathers are shed. This...
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Bird (category Feathered dinosaurs)
re-defined it in 2001 as all dinosaurs that possessed feathered wings used in flapping flight, and the birds that descended from them. Despite being...
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Microraptor (category Feathered dinosaurs)
long feathers on the legs of Microraptor were true flight feathers as seen in modern birds, with asymmetrical vanes on the arm, leg, and tail feathers. As...
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week. Steppe buzzard molt their feathers rapidly upon arrival at wintering grounds and seems to split their flight feather molt between breeding ground in...
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predominantly grey plumage, with a flattened dark crest and black flight feathers and thighs. Breeding can take place at any time of year but tends to...
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chrysanthemum feathering. The contour, tail and flight feathers do not stop growing, and they do not have the necessary barbs and barbules for the feather's structure...
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"superprecocial". Examples are the megapode birds, which have full-flight feathers at hatching and which, in some species, can fly on the same day. Enantiornithes...
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Columbidae (section Feathers)
"Interspecific variation in the structural properties of flight feathers in birds indicates adaptation to flight requirements and habitat". Functional Ecology....
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In flight, the upperwings have black flight feathers and brown coverts separated by a white bar. The underwings are white with black flight feathers. The...
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Owl (section Flight and feathers)
head, binocular vision, binaural hearing, sharp talons, and feathers adapted for silent flight. Exceptions include the diurnal northern hawk-owl and the...
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Feather cloaks have been used by several cultures. It constituted noble and royal attire in § Hawaii and other Polynesian regions. It is a mythical bird-skin...
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where it is an introduced species. Black swans are black-feathered birds, with white flight feathers. The bill is bright red, with a pale bar and tip; and...
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their body. The down feathers are small and hairlike at the base of each flight feather. The legs and feet are thin and lack feathers, and are vulnerable...
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be much lighter brown with whitish, rather than grey undertail and flight feather undersides. The pale variant is much less common than the darker variant...
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