wing bar

American  

noun

1. a line of contrasting color along the coverts of a bird's wing.

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Etymology

Origin of wing bar

First recorded in 1850–55

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wing bar

The second moult brings out the mark on the throat, but it is rusty now, not black in colour; his cravat is grayish and the wing bar ashy.

From The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year by Beebe, William

This species is grayish above and grayish white below, with white eye ring, lores and wing bar.

From The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. by Reed, Chester A. (Chester Albert)

The upper plumage is glossy black, save for a white wing bar and white tips to the tail feathers.

From Birds of the Indian Hills by Dewar, Douglas

Bill and eyes red; legs flesh color; under parts white, and a white wing bar.

From The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. by Reed, Chester A. (Chester Albert)

One white wing bar is a distinguishing characteristic, and a better one is the difference in color of the two mandibles; the upper one is black and the lower one yellow.

From Some Winter Days in Iowa by Lazell, Frederick John