20 Kas 2024 Çarşamba
A preliminary study on feathers’ characteristics of three syntopic ibis species (Red-naped, Black-headed and Glossy ibis)
Abstract : Bird identification based on the anatomical structure of feathers is critical in forensic studies. In this study, we first examine the feather features of three co-occurring ibis species: Red-naped ibis (Pseudibis papillosa), Black-headed ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus), and Glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus). Our findings demonstrated that the microstructure of all three ibis species’ feathers differed, including node structure and pigmentation. Other characters did not change. The morphology of nodes in Red-naped ibis was identified to be crown-shaped, with 3-4 spikes, whereas nodes in Glossy ibis’ and Black-headed ibis’s feathers were prong-shaped.