Below is a collection of specialized words (and links to their definitions) that are commonly used to describe various aspects of birds such as their behavior, evolution, anatomy, life history, adaptation, and conservation.
A
Accidental
After-shaft
Aigrette
Airfoil
Air Sac
Alula
Auriculars
Aves
B
Banding
Barbicels
Barbs
Barbules
Basic Plumage
Bristles
Brooding
Brood Parasite
Brood Parasitism
Brood Patch
Brood Reduction
C
Caching
Calamus
Call-Matching
Caruncle
Centrifugal Tail Molt
Cere
Clappering
Contour Feathers
Countershading
Creche
Crop
D
Dabble
Definitive Plumage
Delayed Plumage Maturation
Drag
Dummy Nest
E
Ecolocation
Egg-Dumping
Elliptical
Eyeshine
F
Facial Shield
Fallout
Fledging
Fledgling
Flight Feathers
Sources
Please refer to the Glossary Citations page for details about sources used for glossary entries. The words listed here are all part of the Zoology Glossary.
