| A | B |
|---|
| Preening | Bird fixing it’s feathers |
| Down | Warm soft feathers |
| Powder Down | Down whose tips turn into powered used for waterproofing and cleaning |
| Contour feathers | Feathers that give a bird its shape |
| Filofeathers | Hair like feathers at the base of everything |
| Bristle feathers | Similar to eyelashes found around a bird’s eyes and beak |
| Semiplumes | Fuzzy but not a down feather because it has a shaft |
| Vanes | The soft portion of the feather that contains barbs |
| Hooked barbs | Barbs that attach to smooth barbs |
| Smooth barbs | Barbs that hooked barbs attach to |
| Retrices | Tail feathers |
| Remiges | Flight feathers found in the wings |
| Tertiary feathers | Feathers closest to the bird’s body |
| Primary feathers | Feathers of the tip section of the wing |
| Secondary feathers | Feathers found in the mid section of a bird’s wing |
