i explain bird foot types
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boardwalk[OP]
09.04.2021 19:48
Linkok so i am explaining bird feet for u guys cause its very interesting to literally only me
the diagram of the anisodactyl foot in the bottom right is showing the bones of the toes. number one is the hallux, and is similar to the big toe on a human. the other toes are numbered based on the number of phalanges they have minus the claw. this is here so u can compare it to the other diagrams. i use toe 1 and hallux interchangeably just note
first is anisodactyl. anisodactyl is the most common foot type, where toes 2, 3, and 4 are in the front and the hallux is in the back. many birds have this type of foot! like crows...
boardwalk[OP]
09.04.2021 19:48
Linknext up is zygodactyl (my favorite!!!). zygodactyl feet have toes 2 and 3 in the front, and the hallux and 4 in the back. parrots have this type!!!!!! so do woodpeckers :D some birds like ospreys and owls are semi zygotal, meaning they can reverse the 4th toe (my oc, bird, has this type hehehehehe which is kinda funny because theyre based off of a turkey vulture who has anisodactyl foot type so its not rlly accurate... but its the one my birds at home have so)
then is syndactyl... this is like anisodactyl but fingers 2 and 3 are fused. (the human condition called syndactyly is how everyone on flipanim draws hands smh my head) bee eaters n kingfishers have this type!
finally on the list is pamprodactyl now this ones pretty cool. they can rotate their hallux towards to have all toes in the front! this is useful when they need to hold their body up better. some swifts have this type!!!! so they can hold onto cliffs n stuff better :3
boardwalk[OP]
09.04.2021 19:49
LinkSO NOT MENTIONED..... theres heterodactyl which looks the same as anisodactyl but the toe order is different (with 3 and 4 in the front, and 1 and 2 in the back) trogons have this one (quetzals are trogons just so u know!)
and theres also webbed which is anisodactyl but with webbing seen in waterfowl lol
THANK U FOR COMING TO MY TED TALK idk why the hell youd read all of this but OK
boardwalk[OP]
09.04.2021 19:50
Linkugh i made a typo in the pamprodactyl part im sorry :(
thank you for the info dump on bird feets. Maybe this will help me vary the types of bird feets I draw-
YEAH I SAW A THING ON THIS EARLIER WHEN SEARCHING UP DIFFERENT BIRD TYPES
and their different wings are rlly cool too!!! like the ones that are for soaring and the ones that are for hovering!!
yes!!!!! thats a whole other thing maybe ill make an anim explaining that next...... along with feather types and beak types those are very interesting dgshvJDGSVD
i spent hours on this last year and i fell back into it last night lmaO but im not sure if my followers want 10 Useless Bird Anatomy posts
u no i know a lot about stars so maybe i could make flipanim on stars