filoplume


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Related to filoplume: Semiplume, filoplume feather

filoplume

see FEATHER.
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This species differs from greater sage-grouse in size (smaller; Hupp and Braun, 1991), breeding plumage of males (prominent feathery filoplumes), and tail barring pattern (Young et al., 2000).
History of sage-grouse (Centrocercus spp.) in New Mexico
Caught prey can be felt by owls with the use of filoplumes - small hair-like feathers on the beak and feet that act as 'feelers'.
Yellow-eyed hunter snares its prey on the moor; PICTURE of the week
He added that the auklets' crests evolved from filoplumes, long hair- or thread-like feathers that lack normal feather structures and are attached to pressure-sensitive cells so they can detect touch.
Birds may have evolved head feathers as sensory device

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