Caruncle (bird anatomy)
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In birds, a caruncle is a small, fleshy excrescence that is a normal part of the animal's anatomy. Caruncles include wattles, combs, snoods, and earlobes. The term caruncle is derived from Latin carun
Anatomical structures on the head and throat of a domestic turkey. 1. Caruncles, 2. Snood, 3. Wattle (dewlap), 4. Major caruncle, 5. Beard
Gould's wild turkey with non-erected snood and wattle.
Roosters often have large combs.
The mountain caracara, like many hawks, has carunculated features.
Turkey (bird)
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Turkeys are large, heavyset galliforms in the genus Meleagris, indigenous to the Americas. They are among the largest birds in their native ranges, as well as being one of the heaviest birds in the or
Caruncle (bird anatomy)
…a caruncle is a small, fleshy excrescence (outgrowth) that is a normal part of the animal's anatomy. Caruncles include wattles (or dewlaps), combs, snoods, and earlobes. The term caruncle is derived from Latin caruncula, the diminutive of carō, "flesh". Caruncles are carnosities, often of bright colors…
Male wild turkey strutting
Plate 1 of The Birds of America by John James Audubon, depicting a wild turkey
Depiction of ocellated turkeys in Maya codices according to the 1910 book, Animal figures in the Maya codices by Alfred Tozzer and Glover Morrill Allen