Eren Ozgur Yavas

Morphological Evidence for a Nail-Like Structure on the Wing Digit of the White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)

Keratinized nail structures are typically restricted to the pedal digits of adult birds. During the anatomical examination of an adult white stork (Ciconia ciconia), a keratinized nail-like structure was identified at the distal end of the third manual digit. Gross morphological...