Category:Rectrices

**rectrix**
	feather on the tail of a bird
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Rectrices (sing. rectrix) are the larger feathers in a bird's tail, used for steering in flight. Remiges (sing. remex) are the larger feathers on birds' wings.

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Rectrices (illustrations)‎ (11 F)

Media in category "Rectrices"

The following 31 files are in this category, out of 31 total.

171025-FS-Superior-SAR-grousefeather (37917960712).jpg 4,608 × 3,456; 6.08 MB
2013-365-171 Feather Under There (9098220318).jpg 5,064 × 3,376; 4.63 MB
A Free Bird returning to its Home.jpg 1,674 × 1,674; 543 KB
Bennettswoodpecker female.jpg 961 × 963; 29 KB
Bluejay-nestling-tail.jpg 533 × 541; 30 KB
Characters of age, sex and sexual maturity in Canada geese (1962) (20590278735).jpg 2,076 × 1,870; 465 KB
Cyanocitta stelleri 4.jpg 1,953 × 1,395; 1.32 MB
Diederik cuckoo, Chrysococcyx caprius, at Mapungubwe National Park, Limpopo, South Africa - male (29422284223).jpg 3,332 × 2,131; 540 KB
Dusky Grouse (Dendragapus obscurus) (5752052427).jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 1.36 MB
Feather growth bars.JPG 2,272 × 1,704; 813 KB
Feather headdress, pariko, Bororo people, NM Prague, 191522.jpg 3,083 × 4,625; 8.37 MB
Great Bustard, Otis tarda, tail feather.jpg 2,499 × 3,464; 2.72 MB
Greater sage grouse (5896652145).jpg 640 × 428; 160 KB
Greater Sage-Grouse (8694360110).jpg 4,288 × 2,848; 5.94 MB
Greater Sage-Grouse on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge (29984956093).jpg 3,662 × 2,704; 5.04 MB
Hunting Hornbill Primates IMG 3386 04.jpg 3,648 × 2,736; 3.13 MB
Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 210 KB
Morus capensis landing.jpg 4,469 × 2,620; 2.49 MB
Northern Flicker feather along Columbia River near East Wenatchee Washington.jpg 3,968 × 2,232; 4.25 MB
Oriental Honey Buzzard Tail Feather (49444083847).jpg 2,048 × 1,152; 823 KB
Peacock (7) (8315388393).jpg 3,000 × 1,954; 6.49 MB
Pelican Tail Feathers-01+ (234115494).jpg 1,256 × 1,600; 822 KB
Pica hudsonia tail feathers.jpg 800 × 1,328; 176 KB
Pīlali (5213386624).jpg 1,113 × 1,919; 512 KB
Red-tailed hawk in flight from behind - DPLA - 4f2fbb10f4b2460918161f9a69af2c0e.jpg 1,552 × 1,052; 428 KB
Red-tailed hawk in flight from behind - DPLA - 7bb4b9032da893556276ad0e6ff2645b, crop.jpg 1,204 × 882; 239 KB
Red-Tailed Hawk Tail Feathers.jpg 1,679 × 2,110; 2.37 MB
RtCockatoo tail17.jpg 3,718 × 2,136; 4.15 MB
Tail feather of the Huia (Heteralocha acutirostris).png 163 × 255; 59 KB
Yellow-billed amazon parrot (Amazona collaria).jpg 2,341 × 1,561; 730 KB
Yellow-billed Kite (Milvus aegyptius) (6025398195).jpg 3,611 × 2,031; 1.49 MB