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Gallinaceous. Order of birds that includes pheasants and grouse Build their nest on the ground and females lay large clutches of eggs. Clutch. Nest of eggs or brood of chicks. polygamous. A mating behavior in animals have more than one mate at a time. polygynous.
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Gallinaceous • Order of birds that includes pheasants and grouse • Build their nest on the ground and females lay large clutches of eggs.
Clutch • Nest of eggs or brood of chicks
polygamous • A mating behavior in animals have more than one mate at a time
polygynous • A mating behavior in which a male mates with more than one female
monogamous • A mating behavior in which male and female bond as a pair and mate • One mate
Polyandry • A mating behavior in which a female mate with more than one male
plume • Showy feather that develops upward and curves forward on the head of a quail or other plumed bird
covey • A small flock of quail or partridges that are often members of the same family group
catkin • The flowering parts of some trees that are used as food by squirrels, grouse and other birds during the winter season.
scrape • A shallow depression that has been scratched out of the ground. It is sometimes lined with vegetation and used for a nest.
wattle • Red tissue on the face of a bird, such as a turkey, that swells with blood and takes on a bright red color during mating display.
Beard • An unusual tuft of feathers that dangles from the breast of a bird such as a turkey.
crop • An organ located in the digestive tracts of birds and some other organisms where food is stored before it is digested.
gizzard • A muscular organ in the digestive tract which birds, reptiles and other organisms that use small rocks and pebbles to grind food into small particles.
squab • A young pigeon or dove
Pigeon milk • A food that is composed of cells secreted in the crops of both parents, having the appearance of food value of cottage cheese.
fledge • To grow enough feathers for a young bird to be capable of flying.
drake • Male duck
hen • Female duck
Jake • Young male turkey
Tom or gobbler • Mature male turkey
jenny • Young female turkey
Hen • Mature female turkey
Waterfowl • Swimming game birds that live in water habitats
avian • Of, relating to, or deriving from birds
oviparous • Reproducing by laying eggs that develop and hatch outside the females body
incubation • Process by which fertilized eggs are warmed by the body of a parent to create a constant temperature until they hatch.
viviparous • To give birth to live young
ornithology • The branch of zoology that deals with the study of birds.
down • The soft, fluffy feathers beneath the outer feathers of a bird that insulate it from heat and cold
plumage • All the feathers of a bird
lamellae • Small, comblike projections on the bills of some bill of some ducks that they use to strain small food particles out of the water.
duckling • Young duck
molt • A process in which an animal loses its old outer covering such as feathers, skins, shells and so forth, and replaces them with new ones
gosling • A young goose
grit • Small rocks and pebbles that are swallowed whole by birds for use in grinding seeds and other food materials in the gizzard
gizzard • A muscular organ in the digestive tract of birds, reptiles, and other organisms that use small rocks and pebbles to grind food into small particles
cygnet • A young swan
