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The portion of a bird's head found between the forehead —demarcated by an imaginary line drawn from the anterior corners of the eyes—and through the "remainder of the upper part of the head", to the superciliary line. The occiput or hindhead, is the posterior part of the crown. [133] cryptic plumage Also defined: phaneric plumage.
The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek βουκέφαλος bouképhalos, ' bullheaded ', from boûs ' bull ', and kephalḗ, ' head ', a reference to the oddly bulbous head shape of the species. The species name albeola is a diminutive of Latin albus meaning ' white '. [6]
In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct. Contents
Comb shape varies considerably depending on the breed or species of bird. Of the many types and shapes seen in chicken cocks the principal ones are: [2]: 499 [3] the single comb, extending in a single line from the top of the base of the beak to the back of the head.
The word "poultry" comes from Middle English pultry or pultrie, itself derived from Old French/Norman word pouletrie. [7] The term for an immature poultry, pullet, like its doublet poult, [8] comes from Middle English pulet and Old French polet, both from the Latin word pullus, meaning a young fowl or young animal.
The rest of the bird is white with a pale blue-grey under-colour. The black-and-white pattern is reminiscent of the colouring of the Lakenvelder breed of cattle, which originated in the same area. [5]: 159 The eyes are bright chestnut or red, the beak dark horn, and the face, wattles and comb bright red, with white earlobes.
Anatomical structures on the head and throat of a domestic turkey. 1. Caruncles, 2. Snood, 3. Wattle (dewlap), 4. Major caruncle, 5. Beard. A caruncle is defined as 'a small, fleshy excrescence that is a normal part of an animal's anatomy'. [1] Within this definition, caruncles in birds include wattles (or dewlaps), combs, snoods, and earlobes.
A Roseate spoonbill excreting urine in flight Superior (towards the top) is the chicken's head, inferior (towards the bottom) is the chicken's feet. Chicken's kidneys are visualized at the bottom of the abdomen cavity, along the medial spine of the chicken. Testes are labeled as they sit above the kidneys.