Gross Studies on Wing Flight Feathers of Small Indian Kite (Milvus Migrans Govinda)

Sharma, Aarti; Dubal, S. C.

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“…This bird is of huge economic importance in the control of ectoparasites of cattle as well as land pests (Hussein and Rezk 2016). While detailed account of the fowl skeleton (Getty 1975) and wings and pelvic bones anatomy of emu (Kumar and Singh 2014), buzzard (Atalar et al 2007) and kit (Sharma and Dubal 2018;Tiwari et al 2011) have been described, studies on the gross morphometry of the skeleton of cattle egret are scarce and the scarcity applied to evolutionary study of the bird morphology (Ekeolu et al 2016). The descriptive anatomy on its appendicular (Rezk 2015a) and axial skeleton (Rezk 2015b) has been reported.…”

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Anatomical investigation on the craniofacial and ocular morphometrics of the male Western Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis)

Ayodeji¹,

Kazeem²,

Levi³

et al. 2022

Anat. J. Afr.

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The heron species, Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) can be found all over the world. In the South-Western region of Nigeria, they are colonial, white in colour, and are seen in open lands and around water bodies. Morphometric data are important parameter in the assessment of functional morphology, hence we here present for the first time, data on the craniofacial indices of cattle egret. The cranium, nasal, orbital and beak morphometric indices and correlation data of the cattle egret were investigated on the fresh specimen and macerated skull of the male cattle egrets, using the GraphPad Prism. The height of the cranium was 33.92±0.970 cm, while the cranium length and breadth were 52.92±1.800 and 34.48±1.714, respectively. The right eye socket length, 36.17±5.636 and breadth, 31.67±2.160 were slightly greater than the left eye socket length, 35.92±4.128 and breadth, 31.00±2.757. There was a strong positive correlation between the right eye socket breadth and the left eye socket breadth (r=0.940), and also, a very strong positive correlation was found between the right and the left eye socket length (r=0.981). Results showed the foramen magnum length and breadth to be 19.17±0.753 and 18.83±0.753, respectively, however, a low positive correlation was recorded between the foramen magnum length and breadth (r=0.059). A strong positive correlation was observed between the upper beak length and the lower beak length (r=0.901), while similar values were recorded for the nasal breadth and length, respectively. Data generated from this study will prove useful in comparative, regional and clinical anatomy and could also help in identifying archaeological remains of the cattle egrets.

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