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Measuring the culmen. The upper margin of the beak or bill is referred to as the culmen.The measurement is taken using calipers with one jaw at the tip of the upper mandible and the other at the base of the bill (at the junction with the skull, a measurement called "total culmen") or where the feathers begin (a measurement called "exposed culmen").
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... A culmen is a top, a summit or a culminating point. It may also refer to: ... the upper ridge of a bird's beak; Culmen ...
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The colour of a bird's beak results from concentrations of pigments—primarily melanins and carotenoids—in the epidermal layers, including the rhamphotheca. [39] In general, beak colour depends on a combination of the bird's hormonal state and diet. Colours are typically brightest as the breeding season approaches and palest after breeding. [40]
The beak, bill, or rostrum is an external anatomical structure found mostly in birds, but also in turtles, non-avian dinosaurs and a few mammals. A beak is used for pecking, grasping, and holding (in probing for food, eating, manipulating and carrying objects, killing prey, or fighting), preening, courtship, and feeding young.
Casques on the bill, particularly those that run the length, or nearly the length, of the culmen, may help to strengthen a long, curved beak, which can allow a stronger bite force at the bill's tip. [8] Some species use their casques for fighting with other members of the same species. [14]
[8] [nb 1] Its beak is short and pointed, with a slightly curved culmen. [8] On average, its beak is smaller than that of the medium ground finch , but there is a significant overlap in size between the two, particularly on islands where only one of the two species exists.
Beak (bivalve), the oldest point on a bivalve mollusc's shell; Beak (botany), a pointed projection on various plant parts; Cephalopod beak, an 'inkfish' rostrum; Rostrum (anatomy), various structures in fish, whales and invertebrates (colloquially called beak)