My outer rectrices are edged in pale yellow
Rectices are my tail feathers
Which help me fly in the direction I want to go.
Location: Cabañas San Isidro, Ecuador
Sources: https://birdsoftheworld.org/.../paefly1/cur/introduction
https://www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/.../anatomy-retrices/
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