Over-eye streak

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Male whinchat with a clear stripe above the eyes

As Supercilium (also Superciliarstreifen or supercilium ) at birds a strip-shaped spring section to the eye indicated that a color contrast to the other head plumage forms. The over-eye stripe can begin above the base of the beak and also extend to the crown of the head. Such an over-eye stripe is present in many species of birds, in most cases the over-eye stripe is paler than the surrounding plumage.

The over-eye stripe should not be confused with the eye stripe or the reins , the area between the eye and the base of the beak.

A special shape is the forked over-eye stripe, such as the marsh runner ( Limicola falcinellus ) has.

literature

  • Ralf Wassmann: Ornithological pocket dictionary . AULA-Verlag Wiesbaden 1999. ISBN 3-89104-627-8