The crop is a thin-walled, expanded portion of the alimentary tract, which is used for the storage of food before digestion. The crop is an anatomical structure in vertebrate animals, such as birds, a
Two white-bellied parrots with bulging crops after feeding.
One greater flamingo-chick in Zoo Basel is fed on crop milk.
The gizzard, also referred to as the ventriculus, gastric mill, and gigerium, is an organ found in the digestive tract of some animals, including archosaurs, earthworms, some gastropods, some fish, an
Crop (anatomy)
…Esophagus Gizzard Gular pouch, in bird anatomy, a flap generally used to store fish and other prey while hunting…
Gizzard of a chicken
Body structure of a krill, showing the gastric mill (a.k.a. gizzard) in a typical crustacean