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41 Cards in this Set
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Feather type |
Retrices |
Tail |
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Type of wing |
Slotted high lift |
Eagles and vultures |
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Type of wing |
High speed |
Small insect eaters |
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Type of wing and properties |
High camber, low aspect ratio, elliptical wing |
Turkey |
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Aspect ratio |
Very high! |
Coastal birds |
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Type of feather |
Down |
Baby bird covering |
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Type of feather |
Filoplume |
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Type of feather |
Coverts |
Covering feathers |
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Type of feather |
Semiplume |
Without barbules |
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Type of feather |
Remiges |
Flight feathers |
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Sheath |
Calamus |
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Attachment to pores |
Lower umbilicus |
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Middle stem |
Rachis |
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Side of feathers |
Vane |
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Comes out of rachis |
Barbs |
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In between barbs |
Barbules |
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Latches Barbules together |
Barbicells |
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Type of feather |
Filoplume |
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Thing sticking out |
Afterplume |
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Type of feather |
Bristle |
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Cambus |
Cross section of wing |
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Label |
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Gaps between wing |
Slots |
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Camber relating to lift and speed |
High camber = high lift low speed |
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Long primaries, no slotting, reduced secondaries. Low camber |
High speed |
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Rounded, low aspect, rapid take off, maneuverability, good for lift |
Elliptical |
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Ratio of wing length to wing width |
Aspect. |
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High aspect |
More secondaries, long and narrow wings. Dynamic soarers. Not good for takeoffs or maneuvering. No slotting. |
Ocean birds! |
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Ratio of Wing area to bird weight |
Wing loading |
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Low angle of camber |
Decrease drag, increase lift, take off |
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High angle of camber |
Turbulence, stalling, landing |
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Allula |
A few feathers at the end of the bones that can lift and that allows you to provide more lift at greater angles. Important for take offs and landings |
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Camber and lift explanation |
Lift can be increased by increasing the area the wind has to go around but that also increases drag |
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Moving forward in flight |
Primaries propel bird forward in a downward stroke and secondaries keep bird aloft |
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Wings open on up strokes to provide less resistance |
Sup |
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Landing |
Increase angle to stall and control it by tail and allula |
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Plumaceous |
Soft and downy feathers |
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Pennaceous |
Feather without afterplume |
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Tracts of feathers |
Pterylae |
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Bare areas with no feathers |
Apteria |
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White or black feathers stronger |
Black! |
Wing tips |
