List of glossary terms

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Taxonomy

 * Nominate subspecies
 * Species
 * Subspecies
 * Variety

Evolution

 * Allopatric
 * Apomorphy

General

 * Albinism
 * Albino
 * Amoeboid
 * Apical
 * Breeding plumage
 * Eclipse plumage
 * Leucism
 * Melanism
 * Morph
 * Non-breeding plumage

Head

 * Aboral
 * Adoral
 * Auricular patch
 * Cere
 * Eye-stripe
 * Gape
 * Lore
 * Malar stripe
 * Moustachial stripe
 * Orbital ring
 * Submoustachial stripe
 * Supercillium

Dorsal

 * Mantle

Wings/arms

 * Alula
 * Arm
 * Axillaries
 * Carpal
 * Carpal bar
 * Fingers
 * Flight feather
 * Forewing
 * Hand
 * Inner wing
 * Mid-wing panel
 * Mirror
 * Outer wing
 * Panel
 * Primaries
 * Primary patch
 * Primary projection
 * Secondaries
 * Speculum
 * Tertials
 * Window
 * Wing-bar
 * Wing-bend
 * Wing-panel
 * Wing projection
 * Wingspan

Legs/feet

 * Foot projection
 * Tibia

Tail

 * Tail-streamer

Habitats

 * Abyssopelagic
 * Palearctic
 * Taiga

Anatomy

 * Appressorium

General

 * Aerial
 * Allopreening
 * Arboreal
 * Hover
 * Pelagic

Calls/sounds

 * Antiphonal song

Breeding

 * Ansynchronous hatching

Physiology

 * Aestivation

Biochemistry

 * Amino acid

Ecology

 * Amphitrophic
 * Anoxic
 * Aquatic
 * Habitat

Developmental biology

 * Abrasion
 * Adult
 * First autumn
 * First summer
 * First winter
 * Immature
 * Juvenile
 * Moult/Moulting
 * Post-juvenile
 * Subadult
 * Young