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ABDOMEN
- ventral part of the bird
- Syn: belly
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ALULA
- three feathers springing from the base of the primaries.
- Syn: alular quills
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AURICULAR
- area around ear opening
- syn: ear patch, ear coverts
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BACK
dorsal part of the bird
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BREAST
front part of the chest
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CERE
Fleshy area between the beak and face
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CHEEK
area bounded by lore, eye, auricular, and lower mandible
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CLOACA
this single opening in birds used for both reproduction and excrement
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CLOACAL KISS
term used to describe copulation
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COMB
colored area over eye found in males
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EYE LINE
line of feathers in front of and behind the eye
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EYE RING
pale colored feathers encircling the eye
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EYELID
skin fold covering the eye
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FLANK
area between the belly and the wings, more posterior
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FLIGHT FEATHERS
primaries and secondaries
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GAPE
- base of the bill where the mandibles join
- syn: commissure, rictus
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GULAR REGION
beetween the chin and the foreneck
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HINDNECK
- back of the neck
- syn: nape, collar
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HORNS
paired contour feathers arising from head
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INNER SECONDARIES
group of secondaries closest to body
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JUGULM
- front part of the neck
- syn: foreneck, throat, throat patch
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LORE
area between the eye and the bill
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MANTLE
upper surface of the wings and the back
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NAPE
- back of the neck
- syn: hindneck, collar
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OCCIPUT
- rear portion of crown
- syn: hindhead
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OPERCULUM
swollen structure in pigeons overarching the nostril
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OUTER TAIL FEATHERS
part of the tail farthest from the center
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PINNAE
projecting feathers
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PLUMES
large, conspicuous, showy, feathers
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PRIMARIES
flight feathers attached to the "hand"
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RUFFS
fringe of feathers growing on the neck
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RUMP
area between the uppertail coverts and the back
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SECONDARIES
flight feathers attached to the "elbow"
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TAIL
feathers extending from the rear of the bird
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VENT
opening of the cloaca or anus
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WHISKERS
- area at the sides of the chin
- syn: mustache, malar streak
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WING LINING
median, lesser and marginal coverts on underwing
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WING STRIPS
paler area at base of flight feathers
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