alanmcdonley Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 My wife and I watched a Florida Burrowing Owl attentively preen the protrusion shown in the attached photos. At first I was thinking the protrusion must be the base of a new or lost feather, but in searching the Internet, I found a statement saying 3% of the roughly 10,000 bird species have a p-nis within the cloaca. Anyone know what we actually captured in the photos? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floraphile Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Oil gland, I think. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmcdonley Posted April 12, 2021 Author Share Posted April 12, 2021 Sounds right - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uropygial_gland Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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