There are some newer studies that suggest that feather color in birds evolved over time to match the plant species that they were living amongst. This study also talks about how birds view colors and it links the visual aspect of birds and how they visually adsorb color. [1]
I found an interesting study where they found that plumage was also associated with nest height and geographical area. [2]
Something that could be added to the plumage section is that some studies have shown that barred pattern in feathers is more common in females than males and is mostly used for camouflage, while mottled feathers were found to be most used in signaling. [3] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cain.209 ( talk • contribs) 23:42, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
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The Feathers category is a bit of a joke. Every article within it is a stub, and there aren't particually that many of them. I think they should all be merged into feather, or at least a new " types of feathers" article, and should form a key part of the proposed series for bird anatomy. Or at least thats what I think. Anyone else agree? mastodon 01:26, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
I would like to see reference made to the different classifications of feathers such as primary flights, secondary flights, under tail coverts, etc.
I have changed plumage from being a redirect to feather and created a new article instead. The two are related but different. Considering that there are 150 links to plumage from bird articles it's perhaps overdue. Feel free to help with the article I'm working on. Sabine's Sunbird talk 22:31, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
User keeps adding link to "theafricangrayparrot.com" from this and many other bird pages. Removing link and recommend checking to see that it stays removed; user in this case is adding a link to a commercial page/forum as a reference, when all information on the linked page is paraphrased from a publication. This is not only spam advertising and a bad link, it is plagiarism. DrNixon 05:00, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
Nothing in this article tells me how feathers grow on the bird, and that they are, in fact, vascularized and clipping a bird's feathers too close will sever blood vessels.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.208.160.122 ( talk • contribs)
Too expand on this, the entire article seems like stubs strung together to make the article look normal. It barely describes much of anything and just reads as the first setnences from various paragraphs.
I'd take your advice and edit but previous experience in months gone by has shown that's risky in of itself due to the "touchyness" of wikipedians. (A valid fish article I started up from scratch and taged it stub so it can grow instead got instantly marked for speedy deletion and the talk page was filled with scolding is one example.)
Though if things changed where there's more wikipeople like you around I might get around to it later. -- 199.227.86.10 15:28, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
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There is a new article with evidence that feathers evolved from scales. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18285280 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.92.96.79 ( talk) 17:03, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
Given how minority the view that birds did not evolve from dinosaurs is, should it really be mentioned in the intro? I think it gives an entirely undue level of prominence to these views JackAidley ( talk) 13:16, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
Probably needs a separate section on the growth and development of feathers. Snowman ( talk) 16:38, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
Does there really have to be a "Not to be confused with Father" disambiguation? Seems nutsy and unlikely that such confusion would exist. It's more like a spelling mistake than two homonyms that might actually be confused. Unless there is some objection, I'll remove it. Bob98133 ( talk) 16:24, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
Greetings. After saving this message, I'll save a correction in the article, to an error created by me, in my edit of 7 July 2010. On perusing the article, and finding that the link took me to an edit page, I wondered if it was error or vandalism. Imagine my disappointment when I discovered that I placed the link there! Disappointment because I know better. The main strategy when doing updates is: preview the bloody thing, and check the links. If all seems well, save the bloody thing and then check again. Clearly I didn't do that for this particular reference, for which I apologise. As to how the error arose, knowing how I work, there is only one possibility. I had a few windows open, and copied the url from the wrong one! Wotnow ( talk) 22:29, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
There is not much in the article about preening. I think that it should have a section for "preening". The Pecten (biology) should be included as an aid to preen feathers. Snowman ( talk) 15:00, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
Not sure what to make of this material and reference in German - if there is a wider review of this aspect perhaps it can be reintroduced but with proper tone. Shyamal ( talk) 16:40, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
I'm agree with your caution due to the fact the probably you can't find an on-line version of the above mentioned paper. Besides I'm sure it is not a problem concerning a german reference... I've got one copy sent me directly by the author, that I used for my Ph.D. thesis. You can find evidence of this theory in a more recent paper http://icb.oxfordjournals.org/content/40/4/478.full published by Oxford University Press. I presume it could be more suitable to your purpose. Take a look at the "THEORIES FOR THE ORIGIN OF FEATHERS" section or just ctrl+f (Reichholf, 1996)to read about him. This could be represent the first link of the evolutionary chain that thanks to the adaptation and exaptation processes lead to modern feather. -- 93.41.160.217 ( talk) 18:06, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
The discovery and analysis of feathers found in amber will eventually need to have its own section, perhaps even its own article, but for now, with only preliminary research having been conducted, i added a sentence on the subject. Mercurywoodrose ( talk) 01:39, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
What is the basal shaft of a bird’s feather? It could be explained in the article. Pablo.ea.92 ( talk) 01:06, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
I see that in the lead there is a reference to "birds and some non-avian theropod dinosaurs". Elsewhere in WP, these are referred to as "non-avialan". What's the difference? Or which is right? AdeMiami ( talk) 18:19, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
I've been editing this article to improve the writing while making a great effort not to change meaning. I have come across a paragraph that is not well written. There is one sentence that I think is wordy and unclear, and I don't know how to fix it. It is in the last paragraph in the section headed "Coloration":
Besides being unclear, it mentions results that seem to undermine the statement in the previous sentence. If that is true, then some kind of transitional word or phrase, or adverb, needs to be added at the beginning of this sentence to show a contrast. The next sentence after this seems to support the statement in the previous sentence. Thus, three sentences are organized as follows:
with no transitional words or phrases. Perhaps someone who knows the subject can work on this and improve the organization and clarity of the paragraph. CorinneSD ( talk) 23:15, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
The term "quill knob" redirects here, but the article does not mention them. What is a quill knob, and how does it relate to feathers? 209.183.253.98 ( talk) 15:28, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
In the Feather#Feathered_dinosaurs section, the article uses the terms stage-1 and stage-3 feathers without explaining what these mean. Please expand. Fig ( talk) 12:13, 14 August 2014 (UTC)
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I have a request! So, below is what is posted on the page:
Parts of a feather:
1. Vane 2. Rachis 3. Barb 4. Afterfeather 5. Hollow shaft, calamus
I think that instead of "Barb" (#3) It should be written "Barbule", since that is the full word.
Oh, gotcha! Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Trustworthybastile ( talk • contribs) 04:07, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
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Add this text after reference 83 in the section "Molecular evolution":
However, a study of fossil feathers from the dinosaur Sinosauropteryx and other fossils revealed traces of beta-sheet proteins, using infrared spectroscopy and sulfur-X-ray spectroscopy. The presence of abundant alpha-proteins in some fossil feathers was shown to be an artefact of the fossilization process, as beta-protein structures are readily altered to alpha-helices during thermal degradation.
With the citation: 10.1038/s41559-023-02177-8 Anaimsirlaithreach ( talk) 00:12, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
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Add "Researchers have identified 26 feather functions." under the 'Function' header. [1] Ty.ty.tiger ( talk) 03:39, 5 April 2024 (UTC)