crissum


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crissum

[′kris·əm]
(vertebrate zoology)
The region surrounding the cloacal opening in birds.
The vent feathers covering the circumcloacal region.
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Bright rusty crissum in one, less evident in second, and third with no color difference between belly and crissum, appearing similar to front view of female Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater).
Two with more extensive, bright, rusty crissum, most like P.
aberti characteristic for any of the young was the dark rusty crissum (under-tail coverts) of five [F.
The first reported hybridization of Abert's and Canyon Towhees (Pipilo spp.)
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