- gulls, parrots, and owls are
among the
families missing this feather.
Tertials arise in the
brachial region and are not
considered true
remiges as they...
- Look up
tertian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In
music theory,
tertian (Latin: terti****, "of or
concerning thirds")
describes any piece, chord,...
- When in
water it can be
recognized from a long
distance by the
white tertials that form a
stripe on the side, and in
flight it is
distinguished by the...
- 4 Pupil, 5 Mantle, 6
Lesser coverts, 7 Sca****rs, 8
Median coverts, 9
Tertials, 10 Rump, 11 Primaries, 12 Vent, 13 Thigh, 14 Tibio-tarsal articulation...
-
impaled fish. The
adult plumage above is
black and the wing
coverts and
tertials having silvery streaks along the shaft. The
crown and neck are
brown shading...
- coverts. The rear
tertials upperwing coverts mostly have
paler tips with a silvery-grey
tinge on the
greater secondary coverts and
tertials. It has dark flight...
- 'saddle'. The
mantle feathers have
narrow paler brown tips, as have the
tertials and sca****rs.
Hybridisation between this
species and
black tern has been...
- wing is closed). The
secondaries are
black and, in some subspecies, the
tertials are
brown and/or
barred with a
faint pattern. The
female has blue lesser...
-
white border. When
swimming it will show
prominent white edges on its
tertials. His
crown (anatomy) is dark and his face is
reddish brown. Some care is...
- the head and
upper neck,
white lesser median coverts and
inner edges of
tertials and bluish-grey secondaries. In flight,
white wing-coverts
contrast with...
