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- Abdomen: the belly
- Auriculars (ear converts): feathers covering the ear openings, behind the eyes
- Beak: the bill
- Breast: area above the belly and under the throat
- Cere: waxy-looking ridge on the upper beak of some birds
- Claws: talons at the end of the toes
- Cloaca: common chamber at the end of the digestive and urogenital systems
- Coverts: smaller feathers covering the large wing and tail feathers
- Crop: a pouch-like enlargement of the gullet in which food is partially digested
- Crown: top of the head
- Forehead: area directly above the eyes
- Gullet: esophagus
- Lore: area between the eyes and the bill on each side of the face
- Mandible: lower bill
- Maxilla: upper bill
- Nape: back of the neck
- Primaries: main flight feathers on the outer part of the wings
- Rump: area above the tail
- Scapulars: shoulder feathers
- Secondaries: smaller flight feathers on the wings, above the primaries
- Toes: digits of the feet
- Throat: area under the head and above the chest
- Vent: excretory opening of the digestive tract
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Aviary Bird Shop & Gardens
22707 So. Dixie Highway
Miami, Fl. 33170
(305)258-BIRD
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Here for Map
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