Bird ringing — (also known as bird banding) is an aid to studying wild birds, by attaching a small individually numbered metal or plastic ring to their legs or wings, so that various aspects of the bird s life can be studied by the ability to re find the same… … Wikipedia
Culmen — Cul men (k?l m?n), n. [L., fr. cellere (in comp.) to impel; cf. celsus pushed upward, lofty.] 1. Top; summit; acme. R. North. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) The dorsal ridge of a bird s bill. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Culmen — can refer to: The upper ridge of a bird s beak A part of the cerebellum, a structure in the brain This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish … Wikipedia
culmen — noun Ornithology the upper ridge of a bird s beak. {Latin culmen, contraction of columen top, summit} …
List of terms used in bird topography — The following is a list of terms used in bird topography:Plumage features* Lores * Supercilium * Eyestripe * Ear coverts * Cheek * Crown ndash;(anatomy) * Nape * Feather, see category: * Mantle * Scapulars * Wing coverts * Remiges * Back * Rump * … Wikipedia
Dives (bird) — Dives Cuban Blackbird Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
procellariiform — ▪ bird Introduction any of the group of seabirds that includes the albatrosses (albatross) (family Diomedeidae); shearwaters (shearwater), fulmars (fulmar), prions (prion), and large petrels (petrel) (Procellariidae); storm petrels (storm… … Universalium
cuculiform — ▪ bird order Introduction any member of a cosmopolitan group of birds (bird) containing two very distinct families, the cuckoos (cuckoo) (Cuculidae) and the hoatzin (Opisthocomidae). Family Cuculidae is the much larger group, containing about… … Universalium
Beak — For other uses, see Beak (disambiguation). Comparison of bird beaks, displaying different shapes adapted to different feeding methods. Not to scale. The beak, bill or rostrum is an external anatomical structure of birds which is used for eating… … Wikipedia
passeriform — /pas euhr euh fawrm , peuh ser euh /, adj. of or pertaining to the order Passeriformes; passerine. [ < NL Passeriformes, equiv. to L passer sparrow + iformes IFORMES] * * * ▪ bird Introduction also called passerine or perching bird any… … Universalium
