Birds

Birds

Any feathered vertebrate.

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Whisker

Animals; Birds

The whisker is the area below the eye and bill and parallel to the throat. It is generally brightly coloured and located on the sides of the chin stretching downwards. It is also called mustache, ...

Wing

Animals; Birds

The wing is the feathered appendage that allows a bird to fly. Strong flight muscles are attached to the wing such that the bird can lifts its own bodyweight.

Vent

Animals; Birds

Birds do not have two separate cavities for excrement and reproduction like humans do. In birds, there is one single entrance/exit that suits both functions called the vent, cloaca or anus.

The wingpit is located between the body and the wing of the bird, homologous to the human armpit. The area formally comprises also the base of the underside of the wing, extending to the ventral wing ...

Wing stripe

Animals; Birds

The wing stripe is a paler area at the base of the wing which is made up of pale or white tips on the flight feathers.

Wing lining

Animals; Birds

The wing lining is the relatively shorter and softer median, lesser and marginal coverts on the underwing.

Wrist

Animals; Birds

The wrist refers to the base of the primaries in the bird's wing. Although homologous in relative location to the human wrist, the bird wrist is not as flexible as the human wrist.