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Plumage

plumage

(Science: zoology) The entire clothing of a bird.

It consist of the contour feathers, or the ordinary feathers covering the head, neck, and body; the tail feathers, with their upper and lower coverts; the wing feathers, including primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, with their coverts; and the down which lies beneath the contour feathers.

Origin: F, from plume a feather.


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Bird Evolution

... http://monado2.blogspot.com/2005/07/feather-evolution-proof-is-in-plumage.html

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by Darby
Sun Jul 27, 2008 11:24 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Bird Evolution
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Re:

... do come to mind, which can only be caused by genetics. Environmental conditioning does not, for example, cause male peacocks to have and display plumage for sexual conquest, or for female peacocks to be wooed by said plumage.

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by Anaximenes
Thu May 01, 2008 8:14 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Evolution of the distinction of gender
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Views: 2067

can anyone answer a darwin question??

He collected 20 different species of Finches which differ mainly in Shape, Size of the beak and color of the plumage (Feathers) from the species he collected from South America. He explained it in this way; South American Finches (ancestors of finches in Galapagos Island) migrated ...

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by satrohraj
Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:24 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: can anyone answer a darwin question??
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colour of birds

... thumb. it makes the jobs of predators much easier. But...if the bird survives to mate that means it's fit enough to escape predators despite the plumage. Don't forget that birds are highly mobile creatures. They don't need to hide because they can run fairly easily. Evolution selects for traits ...

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by biostudent84
Mon Jun 13, 2005 5:19 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: colour of birds
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Views: 3457

colour of birds

... thumb. it makes the jobs of predators much easier. But...if the bird survives to mate that means it's fit enough to escape predators despite the plumage. so its a kind of self-imposed disadvantage to show you're fit enough to still make it. a bit like a man running a marathon with a heavy backpack ...

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by mr bollocks
Mon Jun 13, 2005 3:55 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: colour of birds
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