coverts's Usage Examples:

coverts (or tectrices), which, as the name implies, cover other feathers.

The coverts help to smooth airflow over the wings and tail.

The ear coverts.

uppertail-coverts were, on the other hand, a coppery-bronze colour.

The lesser and median coverts were more coppery, with the greater and primary-wing-coverts being.

wing coverts Also defined: upperwing coverts; underwing coverts; secondary coverts; primary coverts; greater (primary-/secondary-) coverts; median.

The lores, ear coverts, tail, and wings are black, with white tips on the inner secondaries, tertials, and greater coverts of the wings.

Quetzals have iridescent green or golden-green wing coverts, back, chest and head, with a red belly.

white superciliary stripe, the colour of the uppertail (rump) and wing coverts, and the colour of crown, chest, upper back, and flank feathers.

The axillaries and underwing coverts are white, whereas in the commoner bird they are mottled with grey.

primarily green with bright red underwing coverts, a reddish shoulder patch, and yellowish margins on the wing coverts.

green ear coverts which are streaked with green or yellow.

They also have green underwing coverts and red markings on the upper tail coverts.

feature found on some pipits; it is a pale spot on the rear of the ear-coverts which, although separated from the supercilium by an eyestripe, can appear.

throat, lores and ear-coverts are black tipped with white.

The breast and flanks are sandy-buff and the belly and under tail-coverts are creamy-white tinged.

54-57 g, with a white undertail with black barring, a yellow bill and wing coverts which are vermiculated with black and white, but appear grey at any distance.

It has a red body with blue cheeks, chin, and ear-coverts, purple-blue abdomen and undertail coverts, and black streaked wings.

Adult males are dark grey above with white tips on the wing coverts and tail feathers, and heavily barred below.

half, and the lesser coverts and median upperwing-coverts are greenish, with a dull base, and the lesser and median upperwing-coverts mainly greenish with.

their mouse-coloured upper wing-coverts.

The greylag goose has a flesh-coloured bill and legs and the upper wing-coverts are bluish-grey.

The uppertail coverts are bronzed and the undertail coverts are unmarked rufous.

uppertail-coverts.

Shoulders and greater coverts are a rich brown, with a series of small white dots on the lesser primary coverts.

The secondary coverts are.

In the male, the scapulars, median, and greater wing coverts are blue, while the lesser coverts are green and form a triangle of scaly feathers on the.

The male's belly, undertail coverts, and flanks are a dark grey with black striations.

The upper wing coverts are white, while its speculum is an.

Synonyms:

cover; screen; camouflage; concealment; shoji; blind; stalking-horse; covering;

Antonyms:

perceptible; overhead; surface;