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Bird feather that generates lift and thrust
Flight feathers (Pennae volatus) are the long, stiff, asymmetrically shaped, but symmetrically paired pennaceous feathers on the wings or tail of a bird;
Flight_feather
Writing instrument made from a feather
A quill is a writing tool made from a moulted flight feather of a large bird. Quills were used for writing with ink before the invention of the dip pen
Quill
Body-covering structure of birds
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
Feather
Dinosaur with feathers
dinosaur species also possessed feathers or feather-like structures in some shape or form. The extent to which feathers or feather-like structures were present
Feathered_dinosaur
Keratin growth process occurring in the epidermal layer of the birds skin
different types of feathers: contour, flight, down, filoplumes, semiplumes, and bristle feathers. Feathers were not originally meant for flight. The exact reason
Feather_development
Extinct genus of bird-like 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
Archaeopteryx
2023 aviation accident in Nepal
revealed that Captain Kamal KC had accidentally feathered the engines, causing a loss of thrust. The flight took off from Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International
Yeti_Airlines_Flight_691
Type of feather
the secondary flight feathers, known as the secondary coverts, and those on the outer wing, which overlay the primary flight feathers, the primary coverts
Covert_feather
Small projections on the wings of birds
five small flight feathers, with the exact number depending on the species. There also are minor covert feathers overlying the flight feathers. Like the
Alula
Trimming a bird's wing feathers to prevent flight
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. Wing
Wing_clipping
Sport equipment
the flight of the shuttlecock. Most professional players greatly prefer feathers, and serious tournaments or leagues are always played using feather shuttlecocks
Shuttlecock
adaptations that developed to aid flight. There are, for example, numerous terms describing the complex structural makeup of feathers (e.g., barbules, rachides
Glossary_of_bird_terms
Non-downy feather with vanes composed of many interlocking barbules
together, stabilizing the vanes. Pennaceous feathers on the wing, and elsewhere, where stresses related to flight or other activities are high, are accordingly
Pennaceous_feather
Species of bird
dimorphism. During the breeding season, males will grow broad ornamental flight feathers longer than their body. The standard-winged nightjar is a resident
Standard-winged_nightjar
Layer of feathers that covers a bird
not replacing the larger flight feathers in the wings and tail. Some very large birds, like eagles, replace their flight feathers slowly but continuously
Plumage
Aerial locomotion in avian dinosaurs
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
Bird_flight
Process by which an animal routinely casts off a part of its body
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
Moulting
Extinct genus of 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
Microraptor
Maladaptive, behavioural disorder commonly seen in captive birds
and down feathers are generally identified as the main target, although in some cases, tail and flight feathers are affected. Although feather-plucking
Feather-plucking
Writing and drawing implement
skin allowed finer, smaller writing with a quill pen, derived from the flight feather. The quill pen was used in Qumran, Judea to write some of the Dead Sea
Pen
Genetic mutation affecting the colour of budgerigars
this clear band is present on every flight feather and is much broader. Only the distal half of the flight feather is dark, with the clear zone extending
Opaline_budgerigar_mutation
Bird of prey
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
Secretarybird
Warm-blooded animals with wings and feathers
Birds are vertebrate animals constituting the class Aves, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic
Bird
Topics referred to by the same term
two meshed gears. Pinion may also refer to: Pinion (feather), an outermost primary flight feather on a bird's wing Pinioning, the act of surgically removing
Pinion_(disambiguation)
Extinct genus of dinosaurs
feathers and three series of primary covert feathers, which were different from modern volant (flight-capable) birds that have 9-11 primary feathers two
Anchiornis
Birds from the order Strigiformes
head, binocular vision, binaural hearing, sharp talons, and feathers adapted for silent flight. Exceptions include the diurnal northern hawk-owl and the
Owl
Connective tissue between bones
tissue in the body that connects bones to other bones. It also connects flight feathers to bones, in dinosaurs and birds. All 30,000 species of amniotes (land
Ligament
Large diurnal bird of prey
coverts and tail. The upper parts are grey and the black under-wing flight feathers contrast with the white coverts. The tail is short and wedge-shaped
White-bellied_sea_eagle
Species of bird
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
African_wattled_lapwing
Species of bird
measurements and morphology, with Jerdon's lacking any blue to the flight feathers, and Bornean having a distinctive male-like female plumage. The Javan
Blue-winged_leafbird
Trade name for a form of clinochlore
strong, with shorter down-like feathery growths leading into longer "flight feathers"; the resemblance even spurs fanciful marketing phrases like "silver
Seraphinite
Birds of prey in the genus Falco
rapidly. Fledgling falcons, in their first year of flying, have longer flight feathers, which make their configuration more like that of a general-purpose
Falcon
Species of bird
is brown and the eye-ring deep red. In flight, Knysna turaco shows conspicuous crimson primary flight feathers. Sexes are similar, but juvenile birds
Knysna_turaco
Species of North American bird
their down feathers in order to retain warm air next to their body. The down feathers are small and hairlike at the base of each flight feather. The legs
Northern_cardinal
Removal of a portion of a bird's wing to prevent flight
joint of a bird stops the growth of the primary feathers, preventing the acceleration required for flight and is analogous to amputating a human hand at
Pinioning
Any bird in the family Cacatuidae
is very slow and complex. Black cockatoos appear to replace their flight feathers one at a time, their moult taking two years to complete. This process
Cockatoo
Type of cloak
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
Feather_cloak
Species of bird
pale-grey. At 7 weeks, the feathers mostly cover the down and do so completely by 10 weeks except that at that stage the flight feathers are underdeveloped.
Martial_eagle
Species of bird
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
James's_flamingo
Species of waterfowl
artificial lake in Guangdong Province. Black swans are black-feathered birds, with white flight feathers. The bill is bright red, with a pale bar and tip; and
Black_swan
Species of bird
on its tail and flight feathers. When in flight, the buzzard can be recognized by its long wings and noticeably large secondary feathers. It is thought
Black_honey_buzzard
Family of birds
"Interspecific variation in the structural properties of flight feathers in birds indicates adaptation to flight requirements and habitat". Functional Ecology.
Columbidae
Species of bird
the orange-buff one, rufous tail feathers with dark brown band near the end, and more rufous on the flight feathers than the nominate P. c. vieillotioides:
Cinnamon_flycatcher
Species of bird
wingbars and flight feather edges M. l. notatus: larger than nominate with more brownish upperparts, rich cinnamon-buff wingbars and flight feather edges, and
White-throated_tyrannulet
Most widespread New World vulture
remigibus nigris, rostro albo" ("brown-gray vulture, with black wing flight feathers and a white beak"). It is a member of the family Cathartidae, along
Turkey_vulture
Member of the woodpecker family
found to be positively correlated with brightness of pigmentation in flight feathers, but not related to melanin spot intensity. The northern flicker may
Northern_flicker
Bird with pathological feather condition
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
Feather_duster_budgerigar
Appendage of aircraft
outline. Bat in flight Dragonflies mating in flight Flight Natural world: Bird flight Flight feather Flying and gliding animals Insect flight List of soaring
Wing
Species of bird found in North America
cinnamon-buff colored. Both sexes appear similar. The tail, as well as flight feathers, are barred in black and white. Their song is a loud raspy chirrup;
Cactus_wren
Family of theropod dinosaurs
əˈsɔːrɪdiː/) is a family of feathered coelurosaurian theropod dinosaurs. They were generally small to medium-sized feathered carnivores that flourished
Dromaeosauridae
Species of bird
adult birds is blue-grey with darker slaty-grey flight feathers. The breast presents some elongated feathers, which have dark shafts. The juvenile has a similar
Shoebill
Central question in evolutionary biology of birds
that feathers evolved as part of the evolution of flight, and recent discoveries show that feathers evolved millions of years before flight. Feathers are
Origin_of_birds
Paired forelimb that allows birds to fly
Bird wings are paired forelimbs in birds, which evolved specialized feathers to generate lift and thrust and allow the birds to fly. Terrestrial flightless
Bird_wing
Species of bird
a pale greyish brown, though the wing edge has a bluish tinge. The flight feathers are darker, and nearly black. The head, neck and breast are pinkish
African_collared_dove
Small, migratory weaver bird native to Africa
birds have light underparts, striped brown upper parts, yellow-edged flight feathers and a reddish bill. Breeding females attain a yellowish bill. Breeding
Red-billed_quelea
Species of bird
upperparts with somewhat darker crown, creamy white wing bars and inner flight feather edges, and deep yellow underparts C. o. orphnum: smallest subspecies
Southern_beardless_tyrannulet
Species of bird
It is the National Bird of the Kingdom of Eswatini, and the crimson flight feathers of this and related turaco species are important in the ceremonial
Purple-crested_turaco
Species of bird
beak and eaten in flight. It has also been recently observed catching and imprisoning small birds, removing their flight feathers and feeding them, sometimes
Eleonora's_falcon
States of newborn mobility and independence
"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
Precociality_and_altriciality
Practice used to fix broken feathers of a bird
damaged feathers, not in feathers that have fallen off completely, and is only used for flight feathers on the wing and for rectrices (feathers of the
Imping
Species of bird
orange-brown body plumage with a paler head, while the tail and the flight feathers in the wings are black, contrasting with the white wing-coverts. It
Ruddy_shelduck
Species of songbird
flanks are greyish and the flight feathers and tail feathers are brown. Like many other white-eyes, it has a ring of white feathers around the eye. The Wangi-wangi
Wangi-wangi_white-eye
Species of bird
flying they expose a buff underwing and a chestnut colour of their flight feathers. The Pacific emerald dove is a stocky, medium-sized pigeon, typically
Pacific_emerald_dove
Species of bird
blue-green. The upper surface of the central flight feathers are blackish blue. The other flight feathers and the upperwing coverts are dull black to dusky
Blue-throated_hillstar
Species of bird of prey
week. Steppe buzzard molt their feathers rapidly upon arrival at wintering grounds and seems to split their flight feather molt between breeding ground in
Common_buzzard
Species of owl
air. Other distinguishing features are the undulating flight pattern and the dangling, feathered legs. The pale face with its heart shape and black eyes
American_barn_owl
Species of bird
male has glossy, iridescent blue upperparts, and black underparts and flight feathers. The female and first year male are entirely dull blue-green. The Asian
Asian_fairy-bluebird
Species of bird
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
Wahlberg's_eagle
Family of birds
young flamingos are around three to three and a half months old, their flight feathers will finish growing in, allowing them to fly. American flamingo and
Flamingo
Species of seabird
mostly white, with black flight feathers at the wingtips and lining the trailing edge of the wing. The central tail feathers are also black. The head
Australasian_gannet
Mutation affecting the colour of a budgerigar
and violet light greens lack the dark blue colour present in the flight feathers of dark greens. SF violet dark greens have a body color midway between
Violet_budgerigar_mutation
Species of pheasant
portion of a single primary flight feather, was long considered a potential second species. It was described in 1871 from this feather piece, found in a millinery
Great_argus
Family of birds
species. Cuckoos have 10 primary flight feathers and 9–13 secondary flight feathers. All species have 10 tail feathers, apart from the anis, which have
Cuckoo
Species of bird
of great blue herons include slaty (gray with a slight azure blue) flight feathers, red-brown thighs, and a paired red-brown and black stripe up the flanks;
Great_blue_heron
Species of bird
differ chiefly in size and the color of their wings. The nominate's flight feathers are brown with much rufous-chestnut and also black tertials. Its wing
Cream-colored_woodpecker
Species of bird
genus Polytelis. The superb parrot is mostly bright green with darker flight feathers and is about 40 cm (16 in) long with a long pointed tail. Adult males
Superb_parrot
Soft, fine feather, sometimes under larger feathers
The down of birds is a layer of fine feathers found under the tougher exterior feathers. Very young birds are clad only in down. Powder down is a specialized
Down_feather
Breed of pigeon
frill or curls on the wing shield feathers. The feather curl should also be present at the ends of the foot feathers or muffs. The quality of a Frillback
Frillback
Dinosaur fossils
Over the years, fourteen body fossil specimens of Archaeopteryx and a feather that may belong to it have been found, although the Haarlem specimen was
Specimens_of_Archaeopteryx
Breed of pigeon
very large muffs on its feet, which often grow to sizes close to its flight-feathers. Combining a tuft, crest and large muffs on their feet, they are challenging
English_Trumpeter
Small domesticated bird
thought that large feathers, especially flight feathers on the feet were lost in all living birds as it was too inefficient in powered flight. Domestic pigeons
Domestic_pigeon
Species of bird
the flight feathers A. w. lilloi: slightly darker upperparts than cuchacanchae with a rufescent tinge and heavier streaks, rufous on flight feathers intermediate
Streak-backed_canastero
Species of bird
grey, and the uppertail is bright rufous. In flight, from above it shows rufous-chestnut flight feathers and the rufous uppertail, and from below it has
Rufous-winged_buzzard
Artistic and decorative technique
Mexico. Although feathers have been prized and feather works created in other parts of the world, those done by the amanteca or feather work specialists
Mexican_featherwork
Topics referred to by the same term
fur Sheep shearing Wing clipping, trimming a bird's primary flight feathers to disable flight Clipping (climbing), the process of protecting against a fall
Clipping
Species of owl
russet-brown streaks, while the tail has olive-brown feathers with narrow bars. Flight feathers are dark olive-brown with contrasting white spots. The
Boreal_owl
Some terms used for the feathers of poultry are identical to those used for feathers of other birds, while others are specific to poultry. They include:
List_of_poultry_feathers
2009 aviation accident in New York
US Airways Flight 1549 was a regularly scheduled US Airways domestic flight from New York City's LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte and Seattle, that ditched
US_Airways_Flight_1549
Species of bird
black tips to the primary wing feathers have conspicuous white "mirrors". The underwing is grey with black flight feathers. The brown hood is lost in winter
Brown-headed_gull
Family of birds from northern South America
the lower neck. In the best-known taxa, the secondary and tertial flight feathers are white, grey, or greenish-black and hairlike, falling over the lower
Psophia
Large species of waterfowl
retain their grey feathers until they are at least one year old, with the down on their wings having been replaced by flight feathers earlier that year
Mute_swan
Mesoamerican species of bird
throat. The flight feathers and upperside of the tail are blue. The tips of the tail feathers are shaped like rackets and the bare feather shafts, also
Turquoise-browed_motmot
Species of bird
nestlings, fledglings and brooding females, all with impaired flight due to their wing feather moults, seemingly the most vulnerable. In Europe, the pine
Eurasian_goshawk
Species of bird
rump and tail-covert feathers are light blue, the greater upper wing coverts are yellow, the upper sides of the flight feathers of the wings are dark
Scarlet_macaw
Species of bird
uniformly coloured from a distance except for darker flight feathers, the wholly dark flight feathers being the best feature to identify crowned sandgrouse
Crowned_sandgrouse
Genus of birds
body plumage is mainly white in all the species, with black in the flight feathers of the wings. The Old World species have bright yellow bills, red or
Mycteria
Topics referred to by the same term
An antiquated name for the Mesozoic in geosciences Secondary feathers, flight feathers attached to the ulna on the wings of birds Secondary (football)
Secondary
Species of bird
with a rufous tail that stands out strongly in contrast. The primary flight feathers are blackish and the secondaries off-white, both barred with black
Augur_buzzard
Species of bird
red. The tail is white, tipped black. In flight, the black-headed lapwing's upperwings have black flight feathers and brown coverts separated by a white
Black-headed_lapwing
Species of bird
grey-brown. The flight feathers are olive-brown, edged with olive-yellow, which gives the wing a yellow panel when folded. The tail feathers are dark olive-brown
Grey-headed_honeyeater
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