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Flight feathers (Pennae volatus) are the long, stiff,
asymmetrically shaped, but
symmetrically paired pennaceous feathers on the
wings or tail of a bird;...
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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...
- non-avian
dinosaur species also
possessed feathers in some
shape or form. The
extent to
which feathers or
feather-like
structures were
present in dinosaurs...
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different types of
feathers: contour,
flight, down, filoplumes, semiplumes, and
bristle feathers.
Feathers were not
originally meant for
flight. The
exact reason...
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impressions of
feathers.
Because these feathers are of an
advanced form (
flight feathers),
these fossils are
evidence that the
evolution of
feathers began before...
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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 to...
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preserved feathers have been collected.
There are even very
small dinosaurs, such as
Microraptor and Anchiornis,
which have long,
vaned arm and leg
feathers forming...
- five
small flight feathers, with the
exact number depending on the species.
There also are
minor covert feathers overlying the
flight feathers. Like the...
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powerful flight muscles. The
vanes of each
feather have
hooklets called barbules that zip the
vanes of
individual feathers together,
giving the
feathers the...
- head,
binocular vision,
binaural hearing,
sharp talons, and
feathers adapted for
silent flight.
Exceptions include the
diurnal northern hawk-owl and the...
