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

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

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

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

A glossy black bird with a white wing bar.

From Birds of the Indian Hills by Dewar, Douglas

White in the flights and under the wings must be guarded against as must also absence of ribbon or wing bar in females.

From Ducks and Geese by Lamon, Harry M.