Sentences with phrase «tail flight feathers»

The majority of Californian Anna's Hummingbirds appear to have P. huitzilopochtlii feather mites on their tail flight feathers, according to a study published February 14, 2018 in the open - access journal PLOS ONE by Youki Yamasaki from Washington State University, U.S., and colleagues.

Not exact matches

Wing lice dine on the same fluffy feathers but spend most of their time on the wings or tail, where they hide in between barbs on the birds» large flight feathers.

Third, the birds employ the odd strategy of molting and replacing all their tail feathers simultaneously at a time when they are also replacing the primary flight feathers on each wing.

The fossil has traces of crest - like feathers on its tail but was not preserved well enough to show signs of flight feathers.

It had been thought that Jeholornis only had feathers at the tip of its tail, spread out like a palm frond and largely useless for flight.

With a continuous surface, he says it could generate more lift than the feathers along the tail of the most primitive bird, Archaeopteryx, making it more useful for flight.

The fossils clearly show a small dinosaur that had flight feathers covering its legs, as well as tail and arms, forming an extra pair of wings never before seen by palaeontologists.

An international research team including Stony Brook scientist Alan Turner detail how Changyuraptor yangi helps explain the role of long tail feathers in flight evolution

They have gorgeous blue flight feathers and a lighter green tinge on the underside of their tails.

They have horizontal yellow stripes on the underside of their tail feathers, yellow spots on the flight feathers of their wings, a grey body, crest, and face, as well as an orange patch on each cheek.

The large flight feathers on the ends of the wings and the tail have very large shafts, so they can bleed profusely if broken.

In adults, these leg feathers are rusty - brown, forming a distinctive red «V» shape when seen in flight, which stands out against a background of white tail coverts.

As their name implies, plumage is predominantly red, with accents of blue and bright gold on their flight and tail feathers.