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Bird Anatomy and Morphology Guide

The document defines and describes various anatomical features of birds including external features like the beak, wings, tail, and feet as well as internal features like the thigh, scapulars, back, nape, and auricular region. It notes that feathers are made of keratin, the same material as human fingernails, and that the feather vane is kept flat and windproof by interlocking hooks on the upper and lower barbules. Exercises at the end test the reader's understanding by asking them to identify true/false statements about specific anatomical features and associate images of birds with descriptive adjectives.

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Bird Anatomy and Morphology Guide

The document defines and describes various anatomical features of birds including external features like the beak, wings, tail, and feet as well as internal features like the thigh, scapulars, back, nape, and auricular region. It notes that feathers are made of keratin, the same material as human fingernails, and that the feather vane is kept flat and windproof by interlocking hooks on the upper and lower barbules. Exercises at the end test the reader's understanding by asking them to identify true/false statements about specific anatomical features and associate images of birds with descriptive adjectives.

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Morphology of a bird: a warm-blood animal with two wings, two feet, a horny beak and a body covered with

feathers.

Thigh: top part of the leg of a bird. Scapulars: shoulder feathers. Back: back part of a bird's thorax. Nape: back of a bird's neck. Auricular region: part of a bird's head related to the ear. Crown: top part of a bird's head. Eye: sight organ of a bird. Fore head: top part of the face. Upper mandible: top part of the beak. Lower mandible: lower part of the beak. Beak: a set of upper and lower mandibles. Chin: lower part of the face. Throat: front part of the neck. Breast: front part of the thorax. Wing covert: upper part of the wings. Flank: side part of the body. Belly: front of the abdomen.

Primaries: the largest feathers on the edge of a bird's wing. Secondaries: large feathers between the primaries and the terminals of a bird's wing. Tarsus: part of the leg of a bird below the thigh. Foot: the end part of a bird's leg. Hind toe: jointed rear appendage. Wing: appendage of aerial locomotio. Under tail covert: feathers under a bird's tail. Tail feathers: feathers forming the tail of a bird. Upper tail feather: feathers above the tail.

Observation Feathers are made of keratin- the same material as found in human fingernails. The vane is kept flat and windproof by interlocking hooks on the upper and lower barbules.

Exercises 1. Decide if the next statements are true or false: The forehead extends from the base of the upper mandible to a line drawn across the top of head approximately over the middle of the eyes. Breast is the back of the thorax Chest: The chest is the upright part of the bird's body between the throat and the abdomen. A bird's chest may be differently colored or marked with stripes, streaks or spots that can help with identification

2. Give the the best association for the image and the adjectiv:

flamingo
Marabou stork kagu

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