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supercilium
‖ supercilium (s(j)uːpəˈsɪlɪəm) Pl. -ia (-ɪə). [L., = eyebrow; ridge, summit; haughtiness, etc.] 1. The eyebrow. Obs. exc. Anat.1672 Marvell Reh. Transp. i. 200, I marked how your answerer looked when he spoke of the day of judgment. Very gravely..and yet without any depressing or exalting his super...
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Supercilium
The supercilium is a plumage feature found on the heads of some bird species. A supercilium drop is a feature found on some pipits; it is a pale spot on the rear of the which, although separated from the supercilium by an eyestripe
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supercile
† supercile Obs. rare—1. [ad. L. supercilium: see supercilium.] Superciliousness.1679 J. Goodman Penit. Pard. i. ii. 24 He..did not use such branded persons with the same supercile and disdain that their great men were wont to do.
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superciliary
superciliary, a. (n.) (s(j)uːpəˈsɪlɪərɪ) [ad. mod.L. superciliāris, f. supercilium: see supercilium and -ary2. Cf. F. sourcilier.] Of or pertaining to the eyebrow, or to the region of the eyebrow; supra-orbital. superciliary arch or superciliary ridge, a prominence of the frontal bone, over the eye,...
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Réunion stonechat
The white throat and (usually white) supercilium are the most prominent external differences from the African stonechat S. torquatus, which has a wholly black head including the throat and supercilium.
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Western yellow wagtail
M. f. flavissima Blyth, 1834 – yellow-crowned wagtail
Yellow-green head with a brighter yellow supercilium. M. f. cinereocapilla Savi, 1831 – ashy-headed wagtail
Like iberiae but supercilium absent or vestigial.
Breeding: Sicily, Sardinia, Italy, Slovenia.
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Silvery-fronted tapaculo
It has a silvery forehead (the "front") and a white supercilium. The male Chiriqui is darker with a less prominent supercilium. The females of both subspecies do not have a supercilium; their upper parts are dark brown, the throat and breast are dark gray, the belly blackish, and
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Brubru
The adult male of the nominate subspecies, N. a. afer, has a black crown, white supercilium and forehead, and black eyestripe. Other subspecies differ in the extent of the supercilium and rufous flanks, and the shade and degree of streaking of the underparts.
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White-browed coucal
The sexes are similar, adults having a blackish crown and nape, a white supercilium, rufous-brown back, chestnut wings, blackish rump and black tail, glossed Juveniles have rufous streaking on the crown, a faint buff supercilium, barred upper parts and darker underparts.
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Fulvous wren
They have a buff supercilium, a dull brown eye stripe, and buffy cinnamon cheeks. C. f. fitzpatricki has a darker crown and a lighter supercilium than the nominate.
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Sooty-capped chlorospingus
Immatures are browner-headed, duller below, and have a duller olive-tinged supercilium. This species is easily distinguished from common chlorospingus by its blacker head and obvious supercilium.
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Ultramarine flycatcher
The population from the south Assam hills (sometimes designated a third subspecies cleta) completely lack any supercilium. Wintering populations in the eastern states, possibly from Nepal/Sikkim, are mixed: a good part of this population also have a white supercilium and basal
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Jungle prinia
In breeding plumage, adults are grey-brown above, with a short white supercilium and warmer brown rump. The distinctive endemic race in Sri Lanka, P. s.valida, retains summer plumage, including the shorter tail, all year round, and lacks the supercilium
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Dark batis
The female has a greyish crown, brownish back, dark mask, slight white supercilium and a narrow rufous stripe on the wing. There is a conspicuous white supercilium and a broad rufous wing-stripe.
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Rustic bunting
The summer male has a black head with a white throat and supercilium and a reddish breast band. The female has a heavily streaked brown back and brown face with a whitish supercilium.
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