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What is Rhynchokinesis? - YouTube
00:00 What is rhynchokinesis? · 00:37 Which birds do this? · 01:46 Bird beak anatomy · 02:16 How it works - Short answer · 03:15 How it works - ...
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Long-billed Curlew Performing Rhynchokinesis
Many long-billed shorebirds (hummingbirds too) can flex the end of their maxilla in a process called rhynchokinesis as an aid to feeding in mud and dirt.
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rhynchokinesis | - Ornithologi
Rhynchokinesis, or the birds ability to flex its upper mandible in this two minute clip. Both birds stretch their bills in the video, and the bend of the upper ...
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rhynchokinesis
rhynchokinesis Zool. (rɪŋkəkaɪˈniːsɪs, -kɪn-) [ad. G. rhynchokinetik (H. Hofer 1949, in Acta Zool. XXX. 213), f. Gr. ῥύγχο-ς beak, snout + κινητικ-ός moving: see kinetic a. (n.) and kinesis.] A process, found in some birds and lizards, by which the upper bill or jaw may be raised relative to the cra...
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rhynchokinesis - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
The ability of some birds to flex the upper beak or rhinotheca.
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The use of distal rhynchokinesis by birds feeding in water - PubMed
We conclude that distal rhynchokinesis is a mechanism that could contribute to the flexible feeding behaviour of long-distance migratory shorebirds, enhancing ...
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Cranial kinesis
Proximal rhynchokinesis and distal rhynchokinesis apparently evolved from double rhynchokinesis by loss of different hinges. Rhynchokinesis
Rhynchokinesis is an ability possessed by some birds to flex their upper beak or rhinotheca.
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Rhynchokinesis in waders - British Birds
Rhynchokinesis, where the base of the upper mandible is fixed rigidly to the skull, and bending takes place some distance along the mandible.
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Cranial kinesis - Wikipedia
Cranial kinesis is the term for significant movement of skull bones relative to each other in addition to movement at the joint between the upper and lower jaws ...
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[PDF] A Functional and Evolutionary Analysis of Rhynchokinesis in Birds
Emphasis is placed on rhynchokinesis, in which bending within the upper jaw accompanies kinetic motion of the jaw as a whole. The literature on avian cranial ...
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The use of distal rhynchokinesis by birds feeding in water
We conclude that distal rhynchokinesis is a mechanism that could contribute to the flexible feeding behaviour of long-distance migratory ...
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prokinesis
prokinesis Zool. (prəʊkaɪˈniːsɪs, -kiːn-) [ad. G. prokinetik, f. Gr. πρό pro-2 + κῖνητικός moving: see kinetic a. (n.) and kinesis.] A process, found in some birds and lizards, by which the upper bill or jaw may be raised relative to the cranium by rotation about a hinge anterior to the eyes.1962 T....
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Eurotrochilus
The maxillary processes of the palatine bones in the beaks of Eurotrochilus are widely separated, indicating the presence of rhynchokinesis, or the ability
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kinesis
kinesis (kaɪ-, kɪˈniːsɪs) Pl. kineses. [mod.L., f. Gr. κίνησις motion.] † 1. Cytology. Karyokinesis, mitosis. Obs. rare. (Cf. kinetic a. 4.)1904 Jrnl. R. Microsc. Soc. 529 At the first metaphase there is a second division (? longitudinal) which appears preparatory to the second kinesis. 1906 Ibid. 2...
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Sandpiper
of the skull (other than the obvious movement of the lower jaw) and specifically bending the upper jaw without opening the entire jaw, an act known as rhynchokinesis Rhynchokinesis is also used by sandpipers feeding on prey in water to catch and manipulate prey.
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