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[edit] Merge of Parabronchi

Also, check out Lung#Avian_lungs for some good stuff, and is there any way to contact the owner of this site and request we use his animation?

  • Merge - Jack (talk) 23:26, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge of Syrinx (biology)

  • Merge - Jack (talk) 23:26, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep separate -A look at what links here indicates a number of links that are specific to this article. [1] Moreove, I judge that it is likely to be expanded over the next year or two. Walter Siegmund (talk) 13:08, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep separate - I was reading the passerine birds article and I clicked the link to find out what a syrinx is. I'm sure I'm not the only person to do so. Burying it in an anatomy article would be a shame. LittleOldMe 16:18, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep separate' - I agree that it belongs in a separate article. Kaw in stl 15:27, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge of Bird skeleton

The following two comments were copied from talk:bird skeleton on 4 August 2006

How about merging the whole of bird skeleton into the bird anatomy article too? - Jack (talk) 00:58, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

In fact, I dont find the merging of the bird skeleton into the bird anatomy a bad idea. The reason is that they both are overview articles with inevitably overlapping contents. If we have articles about a particular term or concept merged into an overview article, it is quite uncomfortable to find the information needed in there (being for example redirected from pygostyle to bird anatomy). But the articles of bird anatomy and bird skeleton are not explanations of particular terms but broader reviews probably read by people with almost the same point of interest (i.e. bird anatomy) Kaarel 08:39, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
Support. Would be a good opportunity for complete makeover, internal links. Carpometacarpus, Tibiotarsus and Tarsometatarsus are still missing, which is a shame, but partially due to the Skeleton article having hardly any really relevant wikilinks. Dysmorodrepanis

[edit] Image

The image at the top labeled "bird anatomy" is not bird anatomy. It is bird topography. Grr... ----Birdman1 talk/contribs 19:08, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

I've changed the caption, as you could have done - this is a wiki! Andy Mabbett 19:48, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reproduction

Much of the reproduction section is behavioral, not anatomical and doesn't belong in this article. Perhaps it can be moved to a more appropriate article or separated to a new article. Fredwerner 05:10, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Inadequate referencing

This is a high importance article and there are lots of facts but far too little referencing. Please add references or this will never travel towards GA much less A or FA. AshLin 10:04, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

I remember reading an old book in my college days almost thirty years ago - Bird by Darling & Darling. It had much of the material to be covered here. Does anyone have a copy and could add the info here? AshLin 10:20, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bird Bones

Bird bones are not HOLLOW!!!! they are comprised of crisscrossing pieces of bone fused to either end of the "hollow" bone.Adolph172 (talk) 22:41, 12 February 2008 (UTC)adolph172