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tectrices

the wing coverts of birds.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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Five body regions were examined in each bird based on their importance in sexual displays, UV photography, and previous findings from other species of birds (33): the frons (blue forehead), the occiput (green nape), the tetriceces alulae dorsales (yellow alula), the pars pennacea of the first remiges primariae (dark-blue wing tip), and the tectrices caudales (green tail, middle portion).
Sexual dichromatism in the blue-fronted Amazon parrot (Amazona aestiva) revealed by multiple-angle spectrometry
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