wing bar

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of wing bar¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

Brownish gray; eye-ring, tips of outer tail-feathers, a narrow wing-bar white; wing with a buff band showing in flight.

From Project Gutenberg

They are glossy black birds with a conspicuous white wing bar.

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Hen: Upper parts grey, lower parts creamy white, wing brown with yellow or orange wing-bar, tail black with red tip.

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For the latter retains its uniform blackness, while the former gains red on the wing-bar, and saddle and hackle lacing (plate 4).

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