filoplume

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filoplume

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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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