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Wing panel

A more or less rectangular patch of colour on the wing, well seen in some of the ducks (family Anatidae), such as the Goldeneye Bucephala clangula. A small wing panel may be called a speculum.

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From Peter Weaver's Birdwatcher's Dictionary
Copyright © 1981 by Peter Weaver


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