Practice Bird Topography
This page is just for help in learning the different body parts and feathers of birds.
Use your cursor to scroll over each image to learn
what each part is called.
Here is a list of common topographical terms for parts of the bird body
and wings:
| Head | Body | Wings | Feathers |
| Crest | Nape | Primaries | |
| Crown | Back | Secondaries | |
| Forehead | Rump | Tertiaries | |
| Supercilium | Breast | Greater primary coverts | |
| Lores | Belly | Greater secondary coverts | |
| Auriculars | Side | Median coverts | |
| Orbital eye ring | Flank | Marginal coverts | |
| Eyeline | Upper tail coverts | Alula | |
| Upper mandible & Lower Mandible | Undertail coverts | Scapulars | |
| Malar | Tail | ||
| Chin | |||
| Throat |
