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on the tail are called rectrices (/rɛkˈtraɪsiːs/), singular rectrix (/ˈrɛktrɪks/). The primary function of the flight feathers is to aid in the generation...
pennaceous feathers on the neck. The remiges, or flight feathers of the wing, and rectrices, or flight feathers of the tail, are the most important feathers for...
(remiges and rectrices) are specialized types of pennaceous feathers, adapted for high loadings and often strongly asymmetric for improved flight performance...
Imping (redirect from Feather imping)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...- different types of feathers: contour, flight, down, filoplumes, semiplumes, and bristle feathers. Feathers were not originally meant for flight. The exact reason...
Glossary of bird terms (redirect from Axillary feathers)covert feathers appear both above and beneath the flight feathers of the wings as well as above and below the rectrices of the tail. These feathers may vary...
Red-winged blackbird (section Feather molt)Certain birds lose some rectrices by the end of the third week of August. The helmsmen in the center of the queue are the last rectrices to be renovated. Molting...
plumage. Its breast and ventral regions are a velvety black. The flight feathers (rectrices) are wide, flat, and rigid; velvety black on the inner edges and...
Specimens of Archaeopteryx (redirect from Feather of Archaeopteryx)Flight feathers comprising primary remiges, secondary remiges, and tail rectrices are preserved on the London specimen, though no contour feathers are...
remiges and rectrices, that is, enlarged, stiff-shafted, closed-vaned (= barbules bearing hooked distal pennulae), pennaceous feathers arising from the...
Golden eagle (section Flight)ISSN 0042-2649. Ellis, D.H.; Lish, J.W. (2006). "Thinking about feathers: adaptations of golden eagle rectrices". Journal of Raptor Research. 40 (1): 1–28. doi:10...
Dinosaur coloration (section Feathered dinosaurs)eumelanosomes in the preserved tail feathers. The paired central rectrices are dark, while the smaller feathers are non-iridescent, likely grey. A 2017...
White eared pheasant (section Flight)close to the ground, and supporting their weight on their rectrices. Eared pheasant flight was often described as poor by the hunter collectors of the...
into a single ossification, supporting the tail feathers and musculature. In modern birds, the rectrices attach to these. The pygostyle is the main component...
Protopteryx (section Feather adaptations)three types of feathers: down feathers, flight feathers, and long, ribbon-like tail feathers. The body was mostly covered in feathers of about 12 millimetres...
that implies they did not move on the ground. The long feathers of the tail (central rectrices) of confuciusornithids are of disputed function. Sexual...
have more rectrices (16 vs. 14); their outer rectrices are ≤ 9 mm wide with narrower and more distinct barring. As well, the outer rectrices of the Wilson's...
Dromaeosauridae (section Feathers)preserve long, pennaceous feathers on the hands and arms (remiges) and tail (rectrices), as well as shorter, down-like feathers covering the body. Other...
violet purple. Wing and tail flight feathers - rectrices and remiges - are between red and red-violet. The wing covert feathers are black and red with black...
have fine black-and-white speckles, except on the remiges and rectrices (main wing feathers), which are light brown with darker bands. The heart-shaped...
- the possession of 16 rectrices, and Australia has G. australis, a larger and somewhat differently coloured bird with 18 rectrices. India, while affording