List of terms used in bird topography

The following is a list of terms used in bird topography: == Plumage features == Back Belly Breast Cheek Chin Crest Crown Crown patch Ear-coverts Eye-ring Eyestripe (or eye line) Feather, see category: Category:Feathers Flanks Forecrown Gorget Hood (or half-hood) Lateral throat stripe Lores Malar Mantle Mask Moustachial stripe Nape Nuchal collar Operculum (on pigeons). Pennaceous feathers Postocular stripe Remiges Rump Spectacles Submoustachial stripe Supercilium Supraloral Parts of the tail include: Rectrices Tail corner Terminal band Subterminal band Throat Undertail coverts Upper mandible (or maxilla) Uppertail coverts Vent, crissum or cloaca Vent band Parts of the wings include: Alula Apical spot Axillar Bend of wing Carpal covert Emargination Greater coverts Leading edge of wing Lesser coverts Marginal coverts Median coverts Mirror (on gulls) Primaries Primary projection Primary numbers (e.g.

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